When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) on Netflix
Keiko, a widow nearing 30, is a hostess at a Ginza bar, where regulars call her Mama. She wants her own place, but the loans are hard to come by.
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Keiko Yashiro works as a hostess in Ginza, a widow whom the customers and the women around her call Mama. She keeps up appearances with good clothes and an expensive apartment, while her mother and brother depend on her for money. Nearing 30, she has decided against marrying again out of devotion to her husband's memory and wants to open a bar of her own. The capital would come from the wealthy patrons who drink at her bar, but they are slow to lend. A former employee, Yuri, has opened a bar nearby and drawn away much of her business, and Keiko looks at locations with Junko, a confidante.
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