The Lights of Asakusa

The Lights of Asakusa

77 mins | Drama | Dec. 2, 1937

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.

The Lights of Asakusa

77 mins | Drama | Dec. 2, 1937

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.
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 浅草の灯
Directors Yasujirō Shimazu, Keisuke Kinoshita
Writers Hiroshi Hamamoto, Tadao Ikeda

Cast

Ken Uehara

as Shichirō Yamagami

Mieko Takamine

as Reiko Kosugi

Daijirō Natsukawa

as Chōjirō Kanda

Seiji Nishimura

as Sasaki

Kaneko Fujiwara

as Yoshino

Shin Tokudaiji

as Jun Asukai

Haruko Sugimura

as Marieda Matsushima

Reikichi Kawamura

as Gunji Ōhira

Fumiko Okamura

as Kureko

Hideo Takeda

as Kōhei Handa

Tatsuo Saitō

as Kampei Fujii

Chishū Ryū

as Shin'ichi Katori

Akio Isono

as Senkichi

Shotaro Akagi

as Fukumatsu

Shinichi Himori

as Futokō

Toshiaki Konoe

as Nimura

Hikaru Yamanouchi

as Arakawa

Kōichi Itō

as Sakuragi

Tokuji Kobayashi

as Perfumer

Kimiyo Ôtsuka

as dancer in 'Carmen'

Mitsuko Higashiyama

as dancer in 'Carmen'

Masami Morikawa

as dancer in 'Carmen'

Yaeko Izumo

as dancer in 'Carmen'

Kazuko Komaki

as dancer in 'Carmen'