Yoshiwara (1937)
- NR
- 06/23/1937 (FR)
- Romance, Drama
- 1h 42m
Overview
Based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra, the film is set in the Yoshiwara, the red-light district of Tokyo, in the nineteenth century. It depicts a love triangle between a high-class prostitute, a Russian naval officer, and a rickshaw man.
Max Ophüls
Director, ScreenplayArnold Lipp
ScreenplayWolfgang Wilhelm
ScreenplayJ. Dapoigny
ScreenplayMaurice Dekobra
NovelCast
Pierre Richard-Willm
Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
Sessue Hayakawa
Ysamo, Kuli
Michiko Tanaka
Kohana
Roland Toutain
Pawlik
Lucienne Le Marchand
Namo
André Gabriello
Pô
Camille Bert
Le commandant
