Released:
1960-01-15

Overview:
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.

Director:
Mikio Naruse

Runtime:
1h 51min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Hideko Takamine
  as
  Keiko Yashiro
• 
  Masayuki Mori
  as
  Nobuhiko Fujisaki
• 
  Reiko Dan
  as
  Junko Inchihashi
• 
  Tatsuya Nakadai
  as
  Kenichi Komatsu
• 
  Daisuke Katō
  as
  Matsukichi Sekine