

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
The tree sprouts no matter how strong the wind blows.
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.
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Actors

Hideko Takamine
Keiko Yashiro

Masayuki Mori
Nobuhiko Fujisaki

Reiko Dan
Junko Inchihashi

Tatsuya Nakadai
Kenichi Komatsu

Daisuke Katō
Matsukichi Sekine

Ganjirō Nakamura II
Goda

Eitarō Ozawa
Minobe

Keiko Awaji
Yuri

Chieko Nakakita
Tomoko

Jun Tatara
Goldfish

Yū Fujiki
Matsui

Masao Oda
Yoshizo Yashiro
Ken Mitsuda
Sonoda

Chikako Hosokawa
Matsuko

Sadako Sawamura
Toshiko

Kyū Sazanka
Bar Owner

Noriko Sengoku
Fortune Teller

Kin Sugai
Katsuko
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