This is the story of Mama, a.k.a. Keiko, a middle-aged geisha who must choose to either get married or buy a bar of her own. Her family hounds her for money, her customers for her attention, and she is continually in debt. The life of a geisha is examined as well as the way in which the system traps and sometimes kills those in it. Click for the full review...
Source: http://japancinema.net/2012/03/12/when-a-woman-ascends-the-stairs-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-a-woman-ascends-the-stairs-review
Dilshad Vadsaria Kelly Vitz
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