(浅草の灯)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Japan

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

77 minutes

Year:

1937

Directors:

Yasujirō Shimazu

Production companies:

Shochiku

Actors:

Shichirō Yamagami

Reiko Kosugi

Chōjirō Kanda

Sasaki

Oryū

Crews:

Director

Art Direction

Assistant Director

Editor

Director of Photography