The Lights of Asakusa

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Ken UeharaShichirō Yamagami

Mieko TakamineReiko Kosugi

Daijiro NatsukawaChōjirō Kanda

Seiji NishimuraSasaki

Yoshiko TsubouchiOryū

Kaneko Fujiwara

Kaneko FujiwaraYoshino

Shin TokudaijiJun Asukai

Haruko SugimuraMarieda Matsushima

Reikichi KawamuraGunji Ōhira

Fumiko OkamuraKureko

Hideo TakedaKōhei Handa

Tatsuo SaitōKampei Fujii