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, Screenplay

Arnold Lipp

Screenplay

Wolfgang Wilhelm

Screenplay

J. Dapoigny

Screenplay

Maurice Dekobra

Novel

Cast

Pierre Richard-Willm's headshot

Pierre Richard-Willm

Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
Sessue Hayakawa's headshot

Sessue Hayakawa

Ysamo, Kuli
Michiko Tanaka's headshot

Michiko Tanaka

Kohana
Roland Toutain's headshot

Roland Toutain

Pawlik
Lucienne Le Marchand's headshot

Lucienne Le Marchand

Namo
André Gabriello's headshot

André Gabriello

Pô
Camille Bert's headshot

Camille Bert

Le commandant
Foun-Sen's headshot

Foun-Sen

Geisha

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