The Lights of Asakusa

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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

77 minutes

Year:

1937

Director:

Yasujirō Shimazu

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Company:

Shochiku

Cast:

Shichirō Yamagami

Reiko Kosugi

Chōjirō Kanda

Sasaki

Oryū

Crew:

Art Direction

Assistant Director

Director

Editor

Director of Photography