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.
Cast
Hideko Takamine
as Keiko Yashiro
Masayuki Mori
as Nobuhiko Fujisaki
Reiko Dan
as Junko Inchihashi
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Kenichi Komatsu
Daisuke Katō
as Matsukichi Sekine
Ganjirō Nakamura II
as Goda
Eitarō Ozawa
as Minobe
Keiko Awaji
as Yuri
Chieko Nakakita
as Tomoko
Jun Tatara
as Goldfish
