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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

Name: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Director: Mikio Naruse
Genre: Drama
Released: 1960-01-15
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Katō

The tree sprouts no matter how strong the wind blows.

111 min · Japan · Dir. Mikio Naruse

Drama 1960 movies

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.