Movie: The Lights of Asakusa

Top 10 Billed Cast

Ken Uehara
上原謙

Shichirō Yamagami

Mieko Takamine
高峰三枝子

Reiko Kosugi

Daijirō Natsukawa
夏川大二郎

Chōjirō Kanda

Seiji Nishimura
西村青児

Sasaki

Yoshiko Tsubouchi
坪内美子

Oryū

Kaneko Fujiwara
Kaneko Fujiwara

Yoshino

Shin Tokudaiji
徳大寺伸

Jun Asukai

Haruko Sugimura
杉村春子

Marieda Matsushima

Reikichi Kawamura
河村黎吉

Gunji Ōhira

Fumiko Okamura
岡村文子

Kureko

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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.

  • Release Date

    1937-12-02

  • Average

    5.6

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
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    日本語
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