The Lights of Asakusa 1937

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Drama

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
Runtime 1h 17m
Directors Keisuke Kinoshita, Yasujirō Shimazu, Toshio Ubukata
Producer
Writers Hiroshi Hamamoto, Tadao Ikeda