The Lights of Asakusa

The Lights of Asakusa

1937•1h 17m•5.6/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.6/10(5)

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.

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Production

Shochiku

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Ken Uehara

Ken Uehara

Shichirō Yamagami

Mieko Takamine

Mieko Takamine

Reiko Kosugi

Daijirō Natsukawa

Daijirō 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

Hideo Takeda

Hideo Takeda

Kōhei Handa

Tatsuo Saitō

Tatsuo Saitō

Kampei Fujii

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Shin'ichi Katori

Akio Isono

Akio Isono

Senkichi

Shotaro Akagi

Fukumatsu

Shinichi Himori

Shinichi Himori

Futokō

Toshiaki Konoe

Toshiaki Konoe

Nimura

Hikaru Yamanouchi

Hikaru Yamanouchi

Arakawa

Kōichi Itō

Sakuragi

Tokuji Kobayashi

Tokuji Kobayashi

Perfumer

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