Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki
Mikio Naruse
Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki When a Woman Ascends the Stairs [videorecording]= When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Mikio Naruse - Japan Toho Company Janus Films 1960 - 1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 in. - The Criterion Collection Vol. 377 .
Special features include:
- Audio Commentary by Japanese-film scholar Donald Richie
- Video interview with actor Tatsuya Nakadai
From case cover:
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, 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. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs shows the beloved master Naruse at his most socially exacting and profoundly emotional.
DVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0, 1.0; stereo, mono; NTSC; Region 1; 2.35:1 as 16:9 widescreen.
Japanese audio. Optional English subtitles.
PN1997 / .O563 1960
Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki When a Woman Ascends the Stairs [videorecording]= When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Mikio Naruse - Japan Toho Company Janus Films 1960 - 1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 in. - The Criterion Collection Vol. 377 .
Special features include:
- Audio Commentary by Japanese-film scholar Donald Richie
- Video interview with actor Tatsuya Nakadai
From case cover:
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, 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. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs shows the beloved master Naruse at his most socially exacting and profoundly emotional.
DVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0, 1.0; stereo, mono; NTSC; Region 1; 2.35:1 as 16:9 widescreen.
Japanese audio. Optional English subtitles.
PN1997 / .O563 1960