Movie·1937·1h 17m
The Lights of Asakusa
Directed By
Yasujirō Shimazu
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: 浅草の灯
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.
Written By
Tadao Ikeda
Cinematography
Toshio Ubukata
Music
Hikaru Saotome
Editor
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Ken Uehara
Shichirō Yamagami
Mieko Takamine
Reiko Kosugi
Daijiro Natsukawa
Chōjirō Kanda
Seiji Nishimura
Sasaki
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Oryū
Kaneko Fujiwara
Yoshino
Shin Tokudaiji
Jun Asukai
Haruko Sugimura
Marieda Matsushima
Reikichi Kawamura
Gunji Ōhira
Fumiko Okamura
Kureko
Hideo Takeda
Kōhei Handa
Tatsuo Saitō
Kampei Fujii
Chishū Ryū
Shin'ichi Katori
Akio Isono
Senkichi
Shotaro Akagi
Fukumatsu
Shinichi Himori
Futokō
Toshiaki Konoe
Nimura
Hikaru Yamanouchi
Arakawa
// crew
Crew
Yasujirō Shimazu
Director
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Editor
Toshio Ubukata
Director of Photography
Hikaru Saotome
Original Music Composer
Tadao Ikeda
Screenplay
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