When a Woman Ascends the Stairs poster

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

女が階段を上る時

1960·111'

Mikio Naruse

Drama

★ 8.0

The tree sprouts no matter how strong the wind blows.

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.

Stills

17

Cast

Hideko Takamine Hideko Takamine Keiko Yashiro
Masayuki Mori Masayuki Mori Nobuhiko Fujisaki
Reiko Dan Reiko Dan Junko Inchihashi
Tatsuya Nakadai Tatsuya Nakadai Kenichi Komatsu
Daisuke Katō Daisuke Katō Matsukichi Sekine
Ganjirō Nakamura II Ganjirō Nakamura II Goda
Eitarō Ozawa Eitarō Ozawa Minobe
Keiko Awaji Keiko Awaji Yuri
Chieko Nakakita Chieko Nakakita Tomoko
Jun Tatara Jun Tatara Goldfish
Yū Fujiki Yū Fujiki Matsui
Masao Oda Masao Oda Yoshizo Yashiro

Screenings in Brussels

No upcoming screenings.