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He remains best known in the West for two outstanding films from late in his career: "Floating Clouds" (1955) and "When a Woman Ascends the Stairs" (1960), each a quintessential example of Japanese moviemaking from its golden age, from right after World War II through the 1960s.
Silent Films, Silent Sorrow David Mermelstein 2011
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In When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Mikio Naruse draws us into a world often intimated in movies but rarely ever fleshed out: that of the Japanese bar hostess.
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"But Naruse was very much his own man, as When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960), the first of his films to become available on DVD in the United States, richly demonstrates."
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David Austin at Cinema Strikes Back: "I must confess, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs is my first experience with Naruse and it was a revelation."
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It would no doubt turn into something like “Angel of Death Ascends to Heaven.”
TRIAL BY FIRE J.A. JANCE 2009
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In When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Mikio Naruse draws us into a world often intimated in movies but rarely ever fleshed out: that of the Japanese bar hostess.
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His sexually opportunistic young doctor in Ichikawa's "Odd Obsession" (1959), his ineffectual, lovesick bar manager in Naruse's "When a Woman Ascends the Stairs" (1960) and the scheming burn victim he plays in Teshigahara's "The Face of Another" (1966) cannot be easily categorized as villains or heroes.
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs seems to be something of a change from Naruse, and it's certainly set off in several ways from the three films of his I've seen from the great UK DVD box set.
10/26: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Ed Howard 2007
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs is a perfect encapsulation of Naruse's subtle style and light touch within a melodramatic narrative.
10/26: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Ed Howard 2007
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs is a perfect encapsulation of Naruse's subtle style and light touch within a melodramatic narrative.
Archive 2007-10-01 Ed Howard 2007
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