TY  - ADVS
AU  - Naruse,Mikio
AU  - Kikushima,Ryåuzåo
AU  - Takamine,Hideko
AU  - Mori,Masayuki
AU  - Dan,Reiko
ED  - Tåohåo Kabushiki Kaisha.
ED  - Criterion Collection (Firm)
TI  - When a woman ascends the stairs: Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki 
T2  - Criterion collection
SN  - 1934121274
AV  - CM DVD 01208 
U1  - 791.43/72 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - [New York, NY]
PB  - Criterion Collection
KW  - Widows
KW  - Japan
KW  - Tokyo
KW  - Drama
KW  - Bars (Drinking establishments)
KW  - Employees
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Remarriage
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Ginza (Tokyo, Japan)
KW  - Feature films
KW  - Foreign films
N1  - 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; Cinematography, Masao Tamai ; original music, Toshirão Mayuzumi ; editing, Hideshi Oi; Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan
N2  - 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
ER  -