The Lights of Asakusa
浅草の灯
The Lights of Asakusa at 123 Movies. 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.
- Genre: Drama
- Country: Japan
- Director: Yasujirō Shimazu
- Cast: Ken Uehara, Mieko Takamine, Daijirō Natsukawa, Seiji Nishimura, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Kaneko Fujiwara, Shin Tokudaiji, Haruko Sugimura, Reikichi Kawamura, Fumiko Okamura, Hideo Takeda, Tatsuo Saitō, Chishū Ryū, Akio Isono, Shotaro Akagi, Shinichi Himori, Toshiaki Konoe, Hikaru Yamanouchi, Kōichi Itō, Tokuji Kobayashi, Kimiyo Ōtsuka,
