Film
Yoshiwara
1937 · 1h 42m · Romance · Drama
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- 6.5
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Overview
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-Willm
Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
Sessue Hayakawa
Ysamo, Kuli
Lucienne Le Marchand
Namo
Roland Toutain
Pawlik
Michiko Tanaka
Kohana
André Gabriello
Pô
Camille Bert
Le commandant
Janine Darcey
Une geisha
Foun-Sen
Une geisha
Philippe Richard
L'attaché russe
Ky Duyen
L'agent secret
Georges Saillard
Le médecin
Henry Bonvallet
Linh-Nam
Léon Arvel
Le domestique
Maurice Devienne
L'officier russe
Crew
- Max OphülsDirector · Screenplay
- Arnold LippScreenplay
- Wolfgang WilhelmScreenplay
- J. DapoignyScreenplay
- Maurice DekobraNovel
- Samuel EpsteinProducer
- Herman MillakowskyProducer
- Eugen SchüfftanDirector of Photography
- Paul DessauOriginal Music Composer
- Pierre MéguérianEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 23, 1937
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
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