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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (Japanese: 女が階段を上る時, Hepburn: Onna ga kaidan o noboru toki) is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse.
Mar 13, 2021 · When a Woman Ascends the Stairs might be Japanese filmmaker Mikio Naruse's finest hour—a delicate, devastating study of a woman, Keiko (played heartbreakingly by Hideko Takamine), who works as a bar hostess in Tokyo's very modern postwar Ginza district, who entertains businessmen after work.
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs: Directed by Mikio Naruse. With Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai. A middle-aged bar hostess, constantly in debt, is faced with numerous social constraints and challenges posed to her by her family, customers and friends.
Aug 12, 2023 · Year. 1960. From Letterboxd: Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she’s a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life’s vicious cycle:...
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs might be Japanese filmmaker Mikio Naruse's finest hour—a delicate, devastating study of a woman, Keiko (played heartbreakingly by Hideko Takamine), who works as a bar hostess in Tokyo's very modern postwar Ginza district, who entertains businessmen after work.
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, made in 1959, is the culmination of a run of masterpieces Naruse reeled off in the 1950s. After Mother (1952), Late Chrysanthemums (1954), Floating Clouds (1955), and Flowing (1956), he was ready to tackle the newly prosperous, go-getter Japan.
Tokyo, 1960. Pushing thirty, widowed hostess Keiko, a respected mama-san at a bar nestled in the heart of modern, bustling Ginza district, is with her back to the wall.
Widow Keiko (Hideko Takamine) is a well-liked and decently paid bar hostess, but greedy relatives and ill-advised affairs leave her lonely and facing debts. No longer a young woman, she searches...
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) M12 01/15/1960 (JP) Drama 1h 51m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. Overview. Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow.
Sly, resourceful, but trapped, Keiko comes to embody the conflicts and struggles of a woman trying to establish her independence in a male-dominated society. WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS shows the largely unsung yet widely beloved master Naruse at his most socially exacting and profoundly emotional.
