# When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

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**Original title**: *女が階段を上る時*
**Runtime**: 111 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Mikio Naruse
**Written by**: Ryuzo Kikushima
**Starring**: Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Katō, Ganjirō Nakamura II

> *The tree sprouts no matter how strong the wind blows.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Hostess life meets existential ledger. A Ginza widow fronts for tipsy men while rent eats her edges. The ledger’s red when she checks her age in the back-glow.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider, tender

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