When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

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.

• Mikio NaruseDirector
• Toshirō MayuzumiOriginal Music Composer
• Ryuzo KikushimaScreenplay

• Hideko TakamineKeiko Yashiro
• Masayuki MoriNobuhiko Fujisaki
• Reiko DanJunko Inchihashi
• Tatsuya NakadaiKenichi Komatsu
• Daisuke KatōMatsukichi Sekine
• Ganjirō Nakamura IIGoda
• Eitarō OzawaMinobe
• Keiko AwajiYuri
• Chieko NakakitaTomoko
• Jun TataraGoldfish
• Yū FujikiMatsui
• Masao OdaYoshizo Yashiro