When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

Director

• Mikio Naruse

Starring

• Hideko Takamine
• Masayuki Mori
• Reiko Dan
• Tatsuya Nakadai
• Daisuke Kato

Last On

01:40-04:00 Wed 29th Jul 2015 140m
Film4

Synopsis

From acclaimed Japanese director Mikio Naruse comes this somber and moving tale of Keiko (Hideko Takamine), a middle-aged bar hostess who entertains businessmen after work in the postwar Ginza district of Tokyo. Soon, she finds herself at an unwelcome crossroads -- marry a rich client or buy a bar of her own. Naruse, in one of his most socially conscious films, examines the system that traps Keiko in this dehumanizing and merciless lifestyle.