The Lights of Asakusa
(1937)

Released: 1937-12-02

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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.

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Ken Uehara

as Shichirō Yamagami

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Mieko Takamine

as Reiko Kosugi

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Shin Tokudaiji

as Jun Asukai

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Haruko Sugimura

as Marieda Matsushima

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Hideo Takeda

as Kōhei Handa

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Tatsuo Saitō

as Kampei Fujii

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Chishū Ryū

as Shin'ichi Katori

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Akio Isono

as Senkichi

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Tatsuo Hamada

Art Direction

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Keisuke Kinoshita

Assistant Director

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Toshio Ubukata

Director of Photography

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Hiroshi Hamamoto

Original Story

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Tadao Ikeda

Screenplay

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Takeo Dobashi

Sound Recordist

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Saburo Omura

Sound Recordist

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Hikaru Saotome

Original Music Composer

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Hikaru Saotome

Music Arranger

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