Drama · Japan · 1937 · 1h 17m

The Lights of Asakusa

浅草の灯

The Lights of Asakusa poster
Director
Yasujirō Shimazu
Cast
Ken Uehara as Shichirō Yamagami Mieko Takamine as Reiko Kosugi Daijirō Natsukawa as Chōjirō Kanda Seiji Nishimura as Sasaki Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Oryū Kaneko Fujiwara as Yoshino
Crew
Toshio Ubukata — Director of Photography Kōzaburō Yoshimura — Editor Hikaru Saotome — Original Music Composer Tadao Ikeda — Screenplay
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
tokyo, japantaisho period
Key Collaborators
Yasujirō Shimazu Director Toshio Ubukata Director of Photography Kōzaburō Yoshimura Editor Hikaru Saotome Original Music Composer Tadao Ikeda Screenplay
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