The Lights of Asakusa

The Lights of Asakusa

1h 17m 5.6/10

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.

Director

Yasujirō Shimazu

Top Billed Cast

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Oryū

Mieko Takamine

Mieko Takamine

Reiko Kosugi

Ken Uehara

Ken Uehara

Shichirō Yamagami

Daijirō Natsukawa

Daijirō Natsukawa

Chōjirō Kanda

Seiji Nishimura

Seiji Nishimura

Sasaki

Kaneko Fujiwara

Yoshino

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