When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
女が階段を上る時
"The tree sprouts no matter how strong the wind blows."
ThumbScore
👍 88%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 100%
(RT: 100%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Hideko Takamine as Keiko Yashiro
Reiko Dan as Junko Inchihashi
Ganjirō Nakamura II as Goda
Keiko Awaji as Yuri
Is When a Woman Ascends the Stairs good?
Yes. 88% audience score, estimated from 131 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 100%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
