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.

Credits

Mikio NaruseDirector

Hideko TakamineKeiko Yashiro

Masayuki MoriNobuhiko Fujisaki

Reiko DanJunko Inchihashi

Tatsuya NakadaiKenichi Komatsu