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.
Top Billed Cast
Ken Uehara
Shichirō Yamagami
Mieko Takamine
Reiko Kosugi
Daijirō Natsukawa
Chōjirō Kanda
Seiji Nishimura
Sasaki
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Oryū
Featured Crew
Yasujirō Shimazu
Director
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Editor
Tatsuo Hamada
Art Direction
Keisuke Kinoshita
Assistant Director
Toshio Ubukata
Director of Photography
Hiroshi Hamamoto
Original Story
Tadao Ikeda
Screenplay
Takeo Dobashi
Sound Recordist
Saburo Omura
Sound Recordist
Hikaru Saotome
Original Music Composer
Hikaru Saotome
Music Arranger