A stunning drama about a ginza bar hostess as she approaches the perilous age of 30.

DVD Features:

Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - Japanese
Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Donald Richie
Interview - Tatsuya Nakadai - Star
Trailers - Theatrical Trailer

Hideko Takamine: Actor/"..Woman Ascends"
Tatsuya Nakadai: Japanese Actor
Masayuki Mori: Japanese Actor/"Ugetsu"
Reiko Dan: Japanese Actress
Daisuke Katô: JAPANESE ACTOR
Ganjiro Nakamura: Japanese Actor
Eitarô Ozawa: Japanese Actor
Keiko Awaji: Supporting Actress/1950s

Mikio Naruse: Japanese Director

Ryuzo Kikushima: Japanese Screenwriter

Toshio Mayazumi: 

"...It's a wonderful film....The whole cast is superb....Naruse's greatest strength lay in his dark vision..."
4 stars out of 4 -- "Shot strikingly without fuss in black-and-white TohoScope....A melancholy treat..."
"[T]his might be described as a Japanese version of a Douglas Sirk melodrama. Takamine Hideko's stoic central performance is heartbreaking."
"[T]he depictions of human foibles and frailties are exquisitely nuanced..."