Film
Yoshiwara
1937 · 102 min · ★ 8 · Dir. Max Ophüls
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.
Starring
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
Philippe Richard
L'attaché russe
Ky Duyen
L'agent secret
Georges Saillard
Le médecin
Henry Bonvallet
Linh-Nam
Léon Arvel
Le domestique
Janine Darcey
Une geisha
Maurice Devienne
L'officier russe
Léon Larive
Un marin
Georges Paulais
Un officier japonais