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.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: TOHO
- Keyword: alcohol, widow, money, tokyo, japan, japanese woman, hostess, 1950s, bar, job, shōwa era (1926-89), potential suitors, bar manager, ginza, tokyo
- Cast: Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Katō, Ganjirō Nakamura II
