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.

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  Hideko Takamine

  Keiko Yashiro
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  Masayuki Mori

  Nobuhiko Fujisaki
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  Reiko Dan

  Junko Inchihashi
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  Tatsuya Nakadai

  Kenichi Komatsu
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  Daisuke Katō

  Matsukichi Sekine
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  Ganjirō Nakamura II

  Goda
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  Eitarō Ozawa

  Minobe
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  Keiko Awaji

  Yuri
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  Chieko Nakakita

  Tomoko
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  Jun Tatara

  Goldfish