The Lights of Asakusa
1937, Japanese. Directed by Yasujirō Shimazu.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Yasujirō ShimazuDirector
- Ken UeharaShichirō Yamagami
- Mieko TakamineReiko Kosugi
- Daijiro NatsukawaChōjirō Kanda
- Seiji NishimuraSasaki
- Yoshiko TsubouchiOryū
- Kaneko FujiwaraYoshino
- Shin TokudaijiJun Asukai
- Haruko SugimuraMarieda Matsushima
- Reikichi KawamuraGunji Ōhira
- Fumiko OkamuraKureko
- Hideo TakedaKōhei Handa
- Tatsuo SaitōKampei Fujii
Details
- Released
- 2 December 1937
- Original title
- 浅草の灯
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Tadao Ikeda
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The Lights of Asakusa runs 77 minutes (1h 17m).
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The Lights of Asakusa isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 December 1937. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Lights of Asakusa?
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Who directed The Lights of Asakusa?
The Lights of Asakusa (1937) was directed by Yasujirō Shimazu and stars Ken Uehara, Mieko Takamine, Daijiro Natsukawa.