The Lights of Asakusa
1937Pre-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.
Acted in
Ken Uehara
as Shichirō Yamagami
Mieko Takamine
as Reiko Kosugi
Daijirō Natsukawa
as Chōjirō Kanda
Seiji Nishimura
as Sasaki
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
as Oryū
Kaneko Fujiwara
as Yoshino
Shin Tokudaiji
as Jun Asukai
Haruko Sugimura
as Marieda Matsushima
Reikichi Kawamura
as Gunji Ōhira
Fumiko Okamura
as Kureko
Hideo Takeda
as Kōhei Handa
Tatsuo Saitō
as Kampei Fujii
Chishū Ryū
as Shin'ichi Katori
Akio Isono
as Senkichi
Shotaro Akagi
as Fukumatsu
Shinichi Himori
as Futokō
Toshiaki Konoe
as Nimura
Hikaru Yamanouchi
as Arakawa
Kōichi Itō
as Sakuragi
Tokuji Kobayashi
as Perfumer
Kimiyo Ōtsuka
as dancer in 'Carmen'
Mitsuko Higashiyama
as dancer in 'Carmen'
Masami Morikawa
as dancer in 'Carmen'
Yaeko Izumo
as dancer in 'Carmen'
Kazuko Komaki
as dancer in 'Carmen'
Kanji Kawara