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When a woman ascends the stairs [videorecording] = Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki /

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: CC1684D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Japanese Summary language: English Original language: Japanese Series: Criterion collection ; 377.Publication details: [New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2007.Description: 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.)Content type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

1934121274
9781934121276

Other title:

Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki

Subject(s):

Production credits:

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

Cast: Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan.Summary: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs might be Japanese filmmaker Mikio Naruse's finest hour -- a delicate, devastating study of a woman, Keiko (played heartbreakingly by Hideko Takamine), who works as a bar hostess in Tokyo's very modern postwar Ginza district, entertaining businessmen after work. Sly, resourceful, but trapped, Keiko comes to embody the conflicts and struggles of a woman trying to establish her independence in a male-dominated society. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs shows the beloved master Naruse at his most socially exacting and profoundly emotional. (Criterion Collection)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 type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0882 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050098077

Originally produced or released in 1960.

Run time: approx. 111 min.

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

"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.

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

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When a woman ascends the stairs [videorecording] = Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki /