The Ladder of Success

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.

Cast

Machiko Kyō

Unknown

Ayako Wakao

Unknown

Jun Negami

Unknown

Eiji Funakoshi

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Kenji Sugawara

Unknown

Michiko Ono

Unknown

Chikako Kaga

Unknown

Yuko Yashio

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Crew

Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Director

Kaneto Shindō

Writer

Yoshihisa Nakagawa

Director of Photography

Masaichi Nagata

Producer

Shigeo Mano

Production Design

Sei Ikeno

Music