" Of all Japanese directors Mikio Naruse was the one most concerned with the plight of women in contemporary society and he brought to his tales of women fallen on hard times an almost Sirkian sensibility though even Sirk's melodramas stayed clear of the brothel"
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki) trailer
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