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The Lights of Asakusa

The Lights of Asakusa

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📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: Japanese
📆 Date Released: 1937-12-02
⌚ Running Time: 77 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.6

Beloved Cast

Ken Uehara original image
Shichirō Yamagami
Ken Uehara
Mieko Takamine original image
Reiko Kosugi
Mieko Takamine
Daijirō Natsukawa original image
Chōjirō Kanda
Daijirō Natsukawa
Seiji Nishimura original image
Sasaki
Seiji Nishimura
Yoshiko Tsubouchi original image
Oryū
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Kaneko Fujiwara original image
Yoshino
Kaneko Fujiwara
Shin Tokudaiji original image
Jun Asukai
Shin Tokudaiji
Haruko Sugimura original image
Marieda Matsushima
Haruko Sugimura
Reikichi Kawamura original image
Gunji Ōhira
Reikichi Kawamura
Fumiko Okamura original image
Kureko
Fumiko Okamura
Hideo Takeda original image
Kōhei Handa
Hideo Takeda
Tatsuo Saitō original image
Kampei Fujii
Tatsuo Saitō
Chishū Ryū original image
Shin'ichi Katori
Chishū Ryū
Akio Isono original image
Senkichi
Akio Isono
Shotaro Akagi original image
Fukumatsu
Shotaro Akagi
Shinichi Himori original image
Futokō
Shinichi Himori
Toshiaki Konoe original image
Nimura
Toshiaki Konoe
Hikaru Yamanouchi original image
Arakawa
Hikaru Yamanouchi
Kōichi Itō original image
Sakuragi
Kōichi Itō
Tokuji Kobayashi original image
Perfumer
Tokuji Kobayashi
Kimiyo Ōtsuka original image
dancer in 'Carmen'
Kimiyo Ōtsuka
Mitsuko Higashiyama original image
dancer in 'Carmen'
Mitsuko Higashiyama
Masami Morikawa original image
dancer in 'Carmen'
Masami Morikawa
Yaeko Izumo original image
dancer in 'Carmen'
Yaeko Izumo
Kazuko Komaki original image
dancer in 'Carmen'
Kazuko Komaki
Kanji Kawara original image
Kanji Kawara

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