The Lights of Asakusa (1937)

1h 17m · 2 Dec 1937

Drama

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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.

Movie ID	162246
Genre	Drama
Director	Yasujirō Shimazu
Main cast	Ken Uehara, Mieko Takamine, Daijiro Natsukawa, Seiji Nishimura, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Kaneko Fujiwara, Shin Tokudaiji, Haruko Sugimura
Release date	2 December 1937
Release year	1937
Language	Japanese
Duration	77 min (1h 17m)
Rating	6.0 / 10 (TMDB)
Production house	Shochiku