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The Lights of Asakusa(1937)
Status: Released
Date: 1937-12-02
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5 Votes
Time: 1h 17m
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.
Languages: Japanese.
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Movie: The Lights of Asakusa
Top 10 Billed Cast
上原謙
Shichirō Yamagami
高峰三枝子
Reiko Kosugi
夏川大二郎
Chōjirō Kanda
西村青児
Sasaki
坪内美子
Oryū
徳大寺伸
Jun Asukai
杉村春子
Marieda Matsushima
河村黎吉
Gunji Ōhira
岡村文子
Kureko
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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.
Release Date
1937-12-02
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