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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.
Ken Uehara
Cast
Mieko Takamine
Cast
Daijirō Natsukawa
Cast
Seiji Nishimura
Cast
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Cast
Kaneko Fujiwara
Cast
Shin Tokudaiji
Cast
Haruko Sugimura
Cast
Reikichi Kawamura
Cast
Fumiko Okamura
Cast
Yasujirō Shimazu
Director
Hiroshi Hamamoto
Writer
Tadao Ikeda
Writer

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