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When a woman ascends the stairs [videorecording] = Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki / Toho Company, Ltd. ; produced by Ryuzo Kikushima ; directed by Mikio Naruse ; screenplay by Ryuzo Kikushima.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: CC1684D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Japanese Summary language: English Original language: Japanese Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 377.Publication details: [New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2007.Description: 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.)ISBN:
  • 1934121274
  • 9781934121276
Other title:
  • Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 01208
Production credits:
  • Cinematography, Masao Tamai ; original music, Toshirão Mayuzumi ; editing, Hideshi Oi.
Cast: Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan.Summary: 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.
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DVD Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso) CM DVD 01208 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00000066914

DVD, region 1; enhanced for 16x9 widescreen TVs (2.35:1); Dolby Digital mono, Dolby Digital 3.0 stereo; NTSC.

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan.

Cinematography, Masao Tamai ; original music, Toshirão Mayuzumi ; editing, Hideshi Oi.

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.

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.

Special features: Audio commentary by Donald Richie; interview with Tatsuya Nakadai; theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtitle translation.

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