The Lights of Asakusa

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.

Cast

Ken Uehara

Shichirō Yamagami

Mieko Takamine

Reiko Kosugi

Daijirō Natsukawa

Chōjirō Kanda

Seiji Nishimura

Sasaki

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Oryū

K

Kaneko Fujiwara

Yoshino

Shin Tokudaiji

Jun Asukai

Haruko Sugimura

Marieda Matsushima

Reikichi Kawamura

Gunji Ōhira

Fumiko Okamura

Kureko

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