Drama
The Lights of Asakusa
User Score5 votes
56%5.6/10
Release1937→
Runtime1H 17M
LanguageJapanese
StatusReleased
Synopsis
Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience. Pretty, young Reiko is the new dancer in an infamous theatre troupe, and her fellow performers try to protect her virtue in a land of vice. Meanwhile, an ageing actor wants to be a hero off stage as well as on, and the troupe matriarch Marie has to keep them all together.
Principal Cast8
Ken Uehara
Shichirō Yamagami
Mieko Takamine
Reiko Kosugi
Daijirō Natsukawa
Chōjirō Kanda
Seiji Nishimura
Sasaki
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Oryū
Kaneko Fujiwara
Yoshino
Shin Tokudaiji
Jun Asukai
Haruko Sugimura
Marieda Matsushima
Director
Yasujirō Shimazu
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Keywords
tokyo, japantaisho period
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Countries:Japan
Production:Shochiku