Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.

Hideko Takamine
Keiko Yashiro

Masayuki Mori
Nobuhiko Fujisaki

Reiko Dan
Junko Inchihashi

Tatsuya Nakadai
Kenichi Komatsu

Daisuke Katō
Matsukichi Sekine

Ganjirō Nakamura II
Goda

Eitarō Ozawa
Minobe

Keiko Awaji
Yuri
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Release Date
January 15, 1960
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
Drama
Director