The Lights of Asakusa

Released
1937
1h 17min
5 votes
Drama

Synopsis

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.

Détails techniques

Titre original

浅草の灯

Langue originale

JA

Langues parlées

Japanese

Production

Compagnies de production

Shochiku

Pays de production

Japan

Mots-clés

tokyo, japantaisho period