Film · Drama

The Lights of Asakusa (1937)

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.

Director

Yasujirō Shimazu

Writers

Tadao Ikeda, Hiroshi Hamamoto

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Release date

December 2, 1937

Original title

浅草の灯