Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara

102 mins | Drama, Romance | June 23, 1937

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.

Yoshiwara

102 mins | Drama, Romance | June 23, 1937

Yoshiwara
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Les Productions Milo Film, Les Films Excelsior
Original title Yoshiwara
Directors Ralph Baum, Max Ophüls
Writers Maurice Dekobra, J. Dapoigny, Arnold Lipp, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Max Ophüls

Cast

Pierre Richard-Willm

as Lieutenant Serge Polenoff

Sessue Hayakawa

as Ysamo, Kuli

Michiko Tanaka

as Kohana

Roland Toutain

as Pawlik

Camille Bert

as Le commandant

Foun-Sen

as Geisha

Philippe Richard

as L'attaché russe

Ky Duyen

as L'agent secret

Georges Saillard

as Le médecin

Léon Arvel

as Le domestique

Janine Darcey

as Une geisha

Maurice Devienne

as L'officier russe

Léon Larive

as Un marin

Georges Paulais

as Un officier japonais

Martial Rèbe

as Le président du tribunal