Movie Details
Cast & Crew
M
Masao Tamai
Director of Photography
S
Sakae Hirosawa
Assistant Director
E
Eiji Ooi
Editor
M
Masao Fujiyoshi
Sound
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Audience Score
1 hr 51 minDrama
Plot
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.
