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The Lights of Asakusa (1937)
Directed by Yasujirô Shimazu
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.
Length 77 minutes
Actors
Ken Uehara | Mieko Takamine | Daijirô Natsukawa | Seiji Nishimura | Yoshiko Tsubouchi | Kaneko Fujiwara | Shin Tokudaiji | Haruko Sugimura | Reikichi Kawamura | Fumiko Okamura | Hideo Takeda | Tatsuo Saitô | Chishū Ryū | Akio Isono | Shotaro Akagi | Shinichi Himori | Toshiaki Konoe | Hikaru Yamanouchi | Kôichi Itô | Tokuji Kobayashi | Kimiyo Ôtsuka | Mitsuko Higashiyama | Masami Morikawa | Yaeko Izumo | Kazuko Komaki | Kanji Kawahara