Yoshiwara

Drama, Romance · 1937

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

Eugen Schüfftan, Pierre Richard-Willm, Sessue Hayakawa, Léon Barsacq, Max Ophüls, Michiko Tanaka, Roland Toutain, Max Ophüls, Lucienne Le Marchand, André Barsacq

Director

Max Ophüls

Producer

Herman Millakowsky