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

Masayuki Mori

Reiko Dan

Tatsuya Nakadai

Daisuke Katō

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Eitarō Ozawa

Keiko Awaji