When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

• Movies
• 1960-01-15
• JA
• Released
• 2h 51m
• JP
• Drama

• 8.0
• 113
• Trailer

Production

TOHO

Storyline

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.