Film

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

8.019601h 51mM12Drama

Age rating: M12
Director: Mikio Naruse
Year: 1960

The tree sprouts no matter how strong the wind blows.

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.