The Lights of Asakusa

The Lights of Asakusa (1937)

Drama

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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  • Release Date: 1937-12-02
  • Runtime: 1h 17min
  • Director: Yasujirō Shimazu

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Cast

  • 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

  • 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

  • Toshiaki Konoe

    Nimura

  • Hikaru Yamanouchi

    Arakawa

  • Kōichi Itō

    Sakuragi

  • Tokuji Kobayashi

    Perfumer

  • Kimiyo Ōtsuka

    dancer in 'Carmen'

  • Mitsuko Higashiyama

    dancer in 'Carmen'

  • Masami Morikawa

    dancer in 'Carmen'

  • Yaeko Izumo

    dancer in 'Carmen'

  • Kazuko Komaki

    dancer in 'Carmen'

  • Kanji Kawara

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