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The Lights of Asakusa

Yasujirō Shimazu

1937 • 1h 17m

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...

The Lights of Asakusa

Cast

Ken Uehara

Ken UeharaShichirō Yamagami

Mieko Takamine

Mieko TakamineReiko Kosugi

Daijiro Natsukawa

Daijiro NatsukawaChōjirō Kanda

Seiji Nishimura

Seiji NishimuraSasaki

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Yoshiko TsubouchiOryū

Kaneko FujiwaraYoshino

Shin Tokudaiji

Shin TokudaijiJun Asukai

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko SugimuraMarieda Matsushima

Reikichi Kawamura

Reikichi KawamuraGunji Ōhira

Fumiko Okamura

Fumiko OkamuraKureko

Hideo Takeda

Hideo TakedaKōhei Handa

Tatsuo Saitō

Tatsuo SaitōKampei Fujii

Chishū Ryū

Chishū RyūShin'ichi Katori

Akio Isono

Akio IsonoSenkichi

Shotaro AkagiFukumatsu

Crew

Keisuke Kinoshita

Keisuke KinoshitaAssistant Director

Yasujirō Shimazu

Yasujirō ShimazuDirector

Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Kōzaburō YoshimuraEditor

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