The Ladder of Success

Genre: Drama
Run time: 121 min
Premiere: 1958. April 1.

Director: Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Writer: Kaneto Shindō
Starring: Machiko Kyō Ayako Wakao Jun Negami Eiji Funakoshi

A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) shoves aside her mentor (Kyo Machiko) on her way to the top.

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Machiko Kyō

Ayako Wakao

Jun Negami

Eiji Funakoshi

Kenji Sugawara

Michiko Ono

Chikako Kaga

Yuko Yashio

Art

Shigeo Mano

Production Design

Camera

Yoshihisa Nakagawa

Director of Photography

Directing

Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Director

Production

Masaichi Nagata

Producer

Sound

Sei Ikeno

Music

Writing

Kaneto Shindō

Writer

Art