Yoshiwara Poster

Yoshiwara 1937

★ 8.01 votes102 min📅 1937-06-23

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.

Director: Max Ophüls

Cast

Pierre Richard-Willm
Pierre Richard-Willm
Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa
Ysamo, Kuli
Lucienne Le Marchand
Lucienne Le Marchand
Namo
Roland Toutain
Roland Toutain
Pawlik
Michiko Tanaka
Kohana
André Gabriello
André Gabriello
Camille Bert
Camille Bert
Le commandant
Janine Darcey
Janine Darcey
Une geisha
Foun-Sen
Une geisha
Philippe Richard
Philippe Richard
L'attaché russe