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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
The tree sprouts no matter how strong the wind blows.
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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
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Hideko Takamine
actor
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Masayuki Mori
actor
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Reiko Dan
actor
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Tatsuya Nakadai
actor
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Daisuke Katō
actor
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Ganjirō Nakamura II
actor
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Eitarō Ozawa
actor
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Keiko Awaji
actor
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Chieko Nakakita
actor
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Jun Tatara
actor
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Yū Fujiki
actor
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Masao Oda
actor
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Ken Mitsuda
actor
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Chikako Hosokawa
actor
Sadako Sawamura
actor
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Kyū Sazanka
actor
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Noriko Sengoku
actor
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Kin Sugai
actor
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Toshiko Higuchi
actor
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Noriko Honma
actor
