When a woman ascends the stairs : Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki /
女が階段を上る時 When a woman ascends the stairs /
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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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Language Notes: | In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
[2007]
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| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
377. |
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| 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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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1960. "New, restored high-definition digital transfer"--Container insert. Enhanced for 16x9 widescreen TVs (2.35:1 aspect ratio). 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. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.) |
| Format: | DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital mono, Dolby Digital 3.0 stereo; NTSC. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, Masao Tamai ; original music, Toshirô Mayuzumi ; editing, Hideshi Oi. |
| ISBN: | 1934121274 9781934121276 |