
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
- Drama
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

Hideko Takamine
Keiko Yashiro

Masayuki Mori
Nobuhiko Fujisaki

Reiko Dan
Junko Inchihashi

Tatsuya Nakadai
Kenichi Komatsu

Daisuke Katō
Matsukichi Sekine

Ganjirō Nakamura II
Goda

Eitarō Ozawa
Minobe

Keiko Awaji
Yuri

Chieko Nakakita
Tomoko

Jun Tatara
Goldfish

Yū Fujiki
Matsui

Masao Oda
Yoshizo Yashiro
- Ken Mitsuda
Ken Mitsuda
Sonoda
- Chikako Hosokawa
Chikako Hosokawa
Matsuko

Sadako Sawamura
Toshiko

Kyū Sazanka
Bar Owner

Noriko Sengoku
Fortune Teller

Kin Sugai
Katsuko
- Toshiko Higuchi
Toshiko Higuchi
Hostess

Noriko Honma
Mineko

Natsuko Kahara
Fujie

Machiko Kitagawa
Kiyomi

Takuzō Kumagai
Bar Customer
- Fumie Noguchi
Fumie Noguchi
Natsuko

Yutaka Sada
Yoshikawa
- Akira Sera
Akira Sera
Mizutani

Toki Shiozawa
Hostess

Ayumi Sonoda
Mitsuko

Yoshibumi Tajima
Electric Company Director
- Akira Tani
Akira Tani
Real Estate Agent
- Mitsuo Tsuda
Mitsuo Tsuda
Bar Customer

Haruko Tōgō
Shizuko

Keiko Yanagawa
Yukiko

Michino Yokoyama
Miyuki

Akiko Wakabayashi
Hostess
- Rumi Konishi
Rumi Konishi
- Kyoko Mori
Kyoko Mori


















