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4.5 / 5 (based on 1 rating). What did you think of it?
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| Plot: | Keiko works as a hostess in Tokyo's Ginza district, entertaining businessmen after work. Sly, resourceful, but trapped, Keiko comes to embody the conflicts and struggles of a woman trying to establish her independence in a male-dominated society.
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| Overview: | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs might be Japanese filmmaker Mikio Naruse's finest hour--a delicate, devastating study of a woman, Keiko (played heartbreakingly by Hideko Takamine), who works as a bar hostess in Tokyo's very modern postwar Ginza district, who entertains businessmen after work. Sly, resourceful, but trapped, Keiko comes to embody the conflicts and struggles of a woman trying to establish her independence in a male-dominated society. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs shows the largely unsung yet widely beloved master Naruse at his most socially exacting and profoundly emotional.
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| Cast: |
Hideko Takamine || Masayuki Mori || Reiko Dan || Tatsuya Nakadai || Daisuke Kato || Ganjiro Nakamura || Eitaro Ozawa || Keiko Awaji
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| Running Time: | 111 mins. (approx.)
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| Languages: | Japanese (Dolby Digital 1.0 - Mono)
Japanese (Dolby Digital 3.0 Surround)
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| Subtitles: | ENGLISH
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| Distributor: |
Criterion Collection [A USA-Based Distributor]
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| Rating: | | UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board." |
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| Features: |
Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1MonoBlack & WhiteAudio commentary By Japanese-Film Scholar Donald RichieNew Video Interview With Tatsuya NakadaiTrailersNew & Improved English Subtitle TranslationCollectible Booklet With EssaysDVD-9
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