When a Woman Ascends the Stairs(女が階段を上る時)
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Japan · 1960
1h 51m
Director Mikio Naruse
Starring Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai
Genre Drama
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Widow Keiko is a well-liked and decently paid bar hostess, but greedy relatives and ill-advised affairs leave her in debt. No longer a young woman, she searches for romantic and financial stability. She entertains the idea of marrying the kindly suitor Matsukichi to escape her bleak future.
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