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Title:
When a woman ascends the stairs [DVD video] = [Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki]
Title (Alt graphic):
When a woman ascends the stairs [DVD video] = [女が階段を上る時]
Publication Date:
2007
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2007.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.)
ISBN:
9781934121276
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
Title from disc surface.
Enhanced for 16x9 widescreen TVs (2.35:1); Dolby Digital mono, Dolby Digital 3.0 stereo; NTSC.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
"New, restored high-definition digital transfer"--Container insert.
Special features: Audio commentary by Donald Richie; interview with Tatsuya Nakadai; theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtitle translation.
Accompanying booklet features essays by Phillip Lopate, Catherine Russell, Audie Bock, and Hideko Takamine.
Performers:
Takamine Hideko, Mori Masayuki, Dan Reiko.
Language:
Japanese
Additional Language:
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
