The Lights of Asakusa
浅草の灯
Release: 1937-12-02
·Runtime: 77m
·★ 5.6
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Shochiku
Cast
Reikichi Kawamura
as Gunji Ōhira
Tokuji Kobayashi
as Perfumer
Daijirō Natsukawa
as Chōjirō Kanda
Seiji Nishimura
as Sasaki
Haruko Sugimura
as Marieda Matsushima
Fumiko Okamura
as Kureko
Hideo Takeda
as Kōhei Handa
Chishū Ryū
as Shin'ichi Katori
Akio Isono
as Senkichi
Tatsuo Saitō
as Kampei Fujii
Shinichi Himori
as Futokō
Toshiaki Konoe
as Nimura
Kanji Kawara
Mieko Takamine
as Reiko Kosugi
Hikaru Yamanouchi
as Arakawa
Masami Morikawa
as dancer in 'Carmen'
Ken Uehara
as Shichirō Yamagami
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
as Oryū
Shin Tokudaiji
as Jun Asukai
