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    The Lights of Asakusa

    77'

    1937-12-02

    6

    Drama

    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.

    DirectingYasujirō ShimazuWritingTadao Ikeda

    Cast

    1

    Shichirō Yamagami

    Ken Uehara

    2

    Reiko Kosugi

    Mieko Takamine

    1

    Chōjirō Kanda

    Daijiro Natsukawa

    1

    Sasaki

    Seiji Nishimura

    1

    Oryū

    Yoshiko Tsubouchi

    1

    Yoshino

    Kaneko Fujiwara

    1

    Jun Asukai

    Shin Tokudaiji

    2

    Marieda Matsushima

    Haruko Sugimura

    1

    Gunji Ōhira

    Reikichi Kawamura

    2

    Kureko

    Fumiko Okamura

    1

    Kōhei Handa

    Hideo Takeda

    1

    Kampei Fujii

    Tatsuo Saitō

    2

    Shin'ichi Katori

    Chishū Ryū

    1

    Senkichi

    Akio Isono

    1

    Fukumatsu

    Shotaro Akagi

    1

    Futokō

    Shinichi Himori

    1

    Nimura

    Toshiaki Konoe

    1

    Arakawa

    Sozo Okada

    1

    Sakuragi

    Kōichi Itō

    1

    Perfumer

    Tokuji Kobayashi

    1

    dancer in 'Carmen'

    Kimiyo Ōtsuka

    1

    dancer in 'Carmen'

    Mitsuko Higashiyama

    1

    dancer in 'Carmen'

    Masami Morikawa

    1

    dancer in 'Carmen'

    Yaeko Izumo

    1

    dancer in 'Carmen'

    Kazuko Komaki

    1

    Kanji Kawara

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
    • List of companies:
      1. Shochiku
    • Vote Count: 6
    • Popularity: 0.2944
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:浅草の灯

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