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.
Hideko Takamine
Masayuki Mori
Reiko Dan
Tatsuya Nakadai
Daisuke Katō
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Eitarō Ozawa
Keiko Awaji
Chieko Nakakita
Jun Tatara
Yū Fujiki
Masao Oda
Ken Mitsuda
Chikako Hosokawa
Sadako Sawamura