Film
The Lights of Asakusa
1937 · 1h 17m · Drama
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Overview
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.
Cast
Ken Uehara
Shichirō Yamagami
Mieko Takamine
Reiko Kosugi
Daijiro Natsukawa
Chōjirō Kanda
Seiji Nishimura
Sasaki
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Oryū
Kaneko Fujiwara
Yoshino
Shin Tokudaiji
Jun Asukai
Haruko Sugimura
Marieda Matsushima
Reikichi Kawamura
Gunji Ōhira
Fumiko Okamura
Kureko
Hideo Takeda
Kōhei Handa
Tatsuo Saitō
Kampei Fujii
Chishū Ryū
Shin'ichi Katori
Akio Isono
Senkichi
Shotaro Akagi
Fukumatsu
Shinichi Himori
Futokō
Crew
- Yasujirō ShimazuDirector
- Tadao IkedaScreenplay
- Toshio UbukataDirector of Photography
- Hikaru SaotomeOriginal Music Composer
- Kōzaburō YoshimuraEditor
Details
- Release date
- December 2, 1937
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Genres
- Drama
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