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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: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC1684D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Japanese Summary language: English Original language: Japanese Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 377.Publication details: [New York] : 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: LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .W446 2007
Production credits:
  • Cinematography, Masao Tamai ; original music, Toshirô 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Media/Non-print collection Media/Non-print collection Albright College Library CCM--Ask at Reference Desk DVD DVD 791.4372 W567N (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 31856002271896
Total holds: 0

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, Toshirô Mayuzumi ; editing, Hideshi Oi.

Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan.

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.

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.

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