CinemaOSMovie · 1937 · 1h 17m

The Lights of Asakusa

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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.

Directed byYasujirō Shimazu

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 17m
Language
JA
Released
December 2, 1937
Studios
Shochiku

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Ken Uehara

Ken Uehara

Shichirō Yamagami

Mieko Takamine

Mieko Takamine

Reiko Kosugi

Daijiro Natsukawa

Daijiro Natsukawa

Chōjirō Kanda

Seiji Nishimura

Seiji Nishimura

Sasaki

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Oryū

Kaneko Fujiwara

Yoshino

Shin Tokudaiji

Shin Tokudaiji

Jun Asukai

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Marieda Matsushima

Reikichi Kawamura

Reikichi Kawamura

Gunji Ōhira

Fumiko Okamura

Fumiko Okamura

Kureko

Creative team
Directed by
Yasujirō Shimazu
Yasujirō Shimazu
Written by
Tadao Ikeda

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