The Lights of Asakusa

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Drama

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: December 2, 1937
Original language: Japanese
Spoken languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan
Production: Shochiku
Cast: Shotaro Akagi,Mitsuko Higashiyama,Kaneko Fujiwara,Seiji Nishimura,Chishū Ryū,Toshiaki Konoe,Kazuko Komaki,Kōichi Itō,Yoshiko Tsubouchi,Shin Tokudaijiand 16 more
Director: Yasujirō Shimazu
Writer: Tadao Ikeda,Hiroshi Hamamoto
Cinematography: Toshio Ubukata
Music: Hikaru Saotome
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0484253