Movielogr
Yoshiwara (1937)
Directed by Max Ophüls
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.
Length 102 minutes
Actors
Pierre Richard-Willm | Sessue Hayakawa | Michiko Tanaka | Roland Toutain | Lucienne Le Marchand | André Gabriello | Camille Bert | Foun-Sen | Philippe Richard | Ky Duyen | Georges Saillard | Henry Bonvallet | Linh-Nam | Léon Arvel | Janine Darcey | Maurice Devienne | Léon Larive | Georges Paulais | Martial Rèbe