The Lights of Asakusa

Prewar Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets dancehalls and brothels a striking backdrop for Shimazus 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