Yoshiwara (1937)
19371h 42mRomanceDrama
Based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra, the film is set in 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.
Cast
Pierre Richard-WillmLieutenant Serge Polenoff
Sessue HayakawaYsamo, Kuli
Lucienne Le MarchandNamo
Roland ToutainPawlik- MMichiko TanakaKohana
André GabrielloPô
Camille BertLe commandant
Janine DarceyUne geisha- FFoun-SenUne geisha
Philippe RichardL'attaché russe
Ky DuyenL'agent secret
Georges SaillardLe médecin
Henry Bonvallet- LLinh-Nam
Léon ArvelLe domestique- MMaurice DevienneL'officier russe
Léon LariveUn marin (uncredited)
Georges PaulaisUn officier japonais
Crew
- Director
- Max Ophüls
- Producers
- Samuel EpsteinHerman Millakowsky
- Music
- Paul Dessau
- Cinematography
- Eugen Schüfftan
- Editing
- Pierre Méguérian
Details
- Released
- June 23, 1937
- Language
- French
- Studio
- Les Productions Milo Film, Les Films Excelsior
- IMDb
- tt0029802