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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Mikio Naruse with Hideko Takamine

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
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Length 1h51
Directed by
OriginJapon
Genres Drama
Rating80% 4.04514.04514.04514.04514.0451

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (女が階段を上る時, Onna ga kaidan o noboru toki) is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse.

Synopsis

Keiko, a young widow, becomes a hostess in Ginza nightclubs (mizu shōbai) to make ends meet. The story recounts the struggles to maintain her independence in a male-dominated society.

Actors

Hideko Takamine

(Keiko Yashiro)
Masayuki Mori

(Nobuhiko Fujisaki)
Noriko Sengoku

(Fortune Teller)
Tatsuya Nakadai

(Kenichi Komatsu)
Daisuke Katō

(Matsukichi Sekine)
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