The Lights of Asakusa
The Lights of Asakusa

The Lights of Asakusa (1937)

1937-12-02

(US) •

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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.

Movie Cast

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Ken Uehara

Shichirō Yamagami

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Mieko Takamine

Reiko Kosugi

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Daijirō Natsukawa

Chōjirō Kanda

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Seiji Nishimura

Sasaki

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Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Oryū

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Kaneko Fujiwara

Yoshino

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Shin Tokudaiji

Jun Asukai

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Haruko Sugimura

Marieda Matsushima

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Reikichi Kawamura

Gunji Ōhira

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Fumiko Okamura

Kureko

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Hideo Takeda

Kōhei Handa

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Tatsuo Saitō

Kampei Fujii

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Chishū Ryū

Shin'ichi Katori

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Akio Isono

Senkichi

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Shotaro Akagi

Fukumatsu

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Shinichi Himori

Futokō

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Toshiaki Konoe

Nimura

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Hikaru Yamanouchi

Arakawa

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Kōichi Itō

Sakuragi

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Tokuji Kobayashi

Perfumer

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Kimiyo Ōtsuka

dancer in 'Carmen'

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Mitsuko Higashiyama

dancer in 'Carmen'

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Masami Morikawa

dancer in 'Carmen'

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Yaeko Izumo

dancer in 'Carmen'

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Kazuko Komaki

dancer in 'Carmen'

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Kanji Kawara