Movie: WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS DVD

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs might be Japanese filmmaker Mikio Naruses finest houra delicate, devastating study of Keiko (the heartbreaking Takamine Hideko), a bar hostess in Tokyos 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.

Release Date: 2/20/2007

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