When a woman ascends the stairs  Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki /  [videorecording] = 
 Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki 
Toho Company, Ltd. ; produced by Ryuzo Kikushima ; directed by Mikio Naruse ; screenplay by Ryuzo Kikushima. 
 - [New York, NY] :  Criterion Collection,  c2007. 
 - 1 videodisc (111 min.) :  sd., b&w ;  4 3/4 in. +  1 booklet (36 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.) 
 - Criterion collection ;  377 .
 - Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;  377. .
<br/><br/> Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.  "New, restored high-definition digital transfer"--Container insert.  Accompanying booklet features essays by Phillip Lopate, Catherine Russell, Audie Bock, and Hideko Takamine.  Special features: Audio commentary by Donald Richie; interview with Tatsuya Nakadai; theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtitle translation. 
<br/><br/>Cinematography, Masao Tamai ; original music, Toshirão Mayuzumi ; editing, Hideshi Oi.  Cinematography, Masao Tamai ; original music, Toshirão Mayuzumi ; editing, Hideshi Oi. 
<br/><br/>Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan. 
<br/><br/> A young widow with family obligations, Keiko is the madam of an upstairs bar in the exclusive Ginza district of Tokyo in 1960. As she approaches 30, she realizes that her life is at a crossroads: she must either go into business and open her own bar or marry. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD, region 1; enhanced for 16x9 widescreen TVs (2.35:1); Dolby Digital mono, Dolby Digital 3.0 stereo; NTSC. 
<br/><br/><br/>In Japanese with optional English subtitles. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1934121274 9781934121276 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>715515022521 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>CC1684D  Criterion Collection 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Midwest Tape  http://www.midwesttapes.com 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Widows--Japan--Tokyo--Drama.<br/>Bars (Drinking establishments)--Employees--Drama.<br/>Man-woman relationships--Drama.<br/>Remarriage--Drama.<br/>Motion pictures--Japan.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Ginza (Tokyo, Japan)--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Feature films.<br/>Foreign films--Japan.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CM DVD 01208 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/72