The Lights of Asakusa
77 mins
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.
Kaneko Fujiwara
Yoshino
Shotaro Akagi
Fukumatsu
Kōichi Itō
Sakuragi
Kimiyo Ōtsuka
dancer in 'Carmen'
Mitsuko Higashiyama
dancer in 'Carmen'
Yaeko Izumo
dancer in 'Carmen'
Kazuko Komaki
dancer in 'Carmen'
Tatsuo Hamada
Art Direction
Toshio Ubukata
Director of Photography
Saburo Omura
Sound Recordist
Hikaru Saotome
Original Music Composer
Takeo Dobashi
Sound Recordist
Hiroshi Hamamoto
Original Story
Hikaru Saotome
Music Arranger
Tadao Ikeda
Screenplay