1937
8.0 (1 votes)
1h 42m
Genres
Romance
Drama
Production Companies
Les Productions Milo Film
Les Films Excelsior
Les Films Excelsior
Yoshiwara
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.
Key Crew
Director: Max Ophüls
Screenplay: Arnold Lipp, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Max Ophüls, J. Dapoigny
Producer: Samuel Epstein, Herman Millakowsky
Director of Photography: Eugen Schüfftan
Top Cast
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
Foun-Sen
Geisha
