When a Woman Ascends the Stairs [36872] Released: 1960-01-15 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 111 mins Popularity: 2.3729 Vote Average: 8 Vote Count: 113 Overview: 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 [37] Hideko TakamineKeiko Yashiro Masayuki MoriNobuhiko Fujisak Reiko DanJunko Inchihashi Tatsuya NakadaiKenichi Komatsu Daisuke KatōMatsukichi Sekin Ganjirō Nakamura IIGoda Eitarō OzawaMinobe Keiko AwajiYuri Chieko NakakitaTomoko Jun TataraGoldfish Yū FujikiMatsui Masao OdaYoshizo Yashiro Ken MitsudaSonoda Chikako HosokawaMatsuko Sadako SawamuraToshiko Kyū SazankaBar Owner Noriko SengokuFortune Teller Kin SugaiKatsuko Toshiko HiguchiHostess Noriko HonmaMineko Natsuko KaharaFujie Machiko KitagawaKiyomi Takuzō KumagaiBar Customer Fumie NoguchiNatsuko Yutaka SadaYoshikawa Akira SeraMizutani Toki ShiozawaHostess Ayumi SonodaMitsuko Yoshibumi TajimaElectric Company Akira TaniReal Estate Agen Mitsuo TsudaBar Customer Haruko TōgōShizuko Keiko YanagawaYukiko Michino YokoyamaMiyuki Akiko WakabayashiHostess Rumi Konishi Kyoko Mori Trailers When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Trailer