Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki Mikio Naruse [videorecording]= When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

By:

Mikio Naruse

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Japanese Summary language: English Original language: Japanese Subtitle language: English Series: The Criterion Collection ; Vol. 377Publication details: Japan Toho Company Janus Films 1960Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inOther title:

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Uniform titles:

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

LOC classification:

PN1997 .O563 1960

Summary: 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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	SILC Learning Support Services DH132AA - Receiption/Circulation	PN1997 .O563 1960	Available		002404
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-C: DVD Cabinet C	PN1997 .O563 1960	Available		002402

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.

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