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When A Woman Ascends The Stairs (1960)

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Average rating: 74%
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4.0
from 14 members
 
Starring: Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Kato, Ganjiro Nakamura
Director: Mikio Naruse
Run time: 111 mins
Certificate: PG
Genres: Drama, World Cinema
Languages: Japanese
Released: unknown

Brief synopsis of When A Woman Ascends The Stairs

Keiko, 'Mama', is a 30 yr old Geisha with many life pressures and is of an age where she must think about her future. Should she seek a marriage, try and buy a bar herself or give up and be a kept woman.

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Rating of 4 stars out of 5 Trevor Johnston, Time Out

The centrepiece of BFI Southbanks Mikio Naruse season (see Other Cinema), this brilliant melodrama is a contender... Read more on www.timeout.com