Yearning to watch 'The Lights of Asakusa' in the comfort of your own home? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Yasujirō Shimazu-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to do right by you.
Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Lights of Asakusa' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'The Lights of Asakusa' right now, here are some finer points about the Shochiku drama flick.
Released , 'The Lights of Asakusa' stars Ken Uehara, Mieko Takamine, Daijirō Natsukawa, Seiji Nishimura The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 17 min, and received a user score of 56 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 5 experienced users.
Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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." .
