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The Lights of Asakusa

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The Lights of Asakusa

5.6

1h 17m

1937

Synopsis

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

Drama

tokyo, japantaisho period

Cast & Crew

Ken Uehara

Ken Uehara

as Shichirō Yamagami

Mieko Takamine

Mieko Takamine

as Reiko Kosugi

Daijirō Natsukawa

Daijirō Natsukawa

as Chōjirō Kanda

Seiji Nishimura

Seiji Nishimura

as Sasaki

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

as Oryū

Kaneko Fujiwara

as Yoshino

Shin Tokudaiji

Shin Tokudaiji

as Jun Asukai

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

as Marieda Matsushima

Reikichi Kawamura

Reikichi Kawamura

as Gunji Ōhira

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