When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Movie Review 1960

A young widow with an elderly mother and a useless brother supports them all by working as a Ginza bar hostess. As she approaches the perilous professional age of 30, Keiko must decide whether to open her own bar or marry once again. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 110 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Women, Growing Older

Cast

Hideko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai, Masayuki Mori

Director

Mikio Naruse