The Lights of Asakusa
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.
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Cast
Ken Uehara
Mieko Takamine
Daijiro 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
Sozo Okada
Kōichi Itō
Tokuji Kobayashi
Kimiyo Ōtsuka
Mitsuko Higashiyama
Masami Morikawa
Yaeko Izumo
Kazuko Komaki
Kanji Kawara
