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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Critics' Pick
(No longer in theaters)
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Genre
Drama
Producer
Ryuzo Kikushima
Distributor
Ryuzo Kikushima
Release Date
Jun 25, 1963
Release Notes
Limited
Review
The Japanese director was a giant in his home country but is known in the U.S. primarily for this film, an account of a widowed barmaid’s attempts to carve out a better life for herself. Despite a very direct cinematic style, Naruse’s treatment here is beguilingly poetic, full of natural metaphors and heroic desperation.