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The Lights of Asakusa (1937)

★ 5.6/10 77 min Drama Japan Japanese
Original Story: Hiroshi Hamamoto
Screenplay by: Tadao Ikeda
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Ken Uehara
Ken Uehara Shichirō Yamagami
Mieko Takamine
Mieko Takamine Reiko Kosugi
Daijirō Natsukawa
Daijirō Natsukawa Chōjirō Kanda
Seiji Nishimura
Seiji Nishimura Sasaki
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Yoshiko Tsubouchi Oryū
Kaneko Fujiwara Yoshino
Shin Tokudaiji
Shin Tokudaiji Jun Asukai
Haruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura Marieda Matsushima

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