Date: January 15, 1960

Rating: PG-13

Genre: Drama

Length: 1h 51min

User Score: 79%

Description: 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.