Yoshiwara (1937)

8.5/10 102 min Romance Drama

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

André Gabriello

Camille Bert

Le commandant

Janine Darcey

Une geisha

Philippe Richard

L'attaché russe

Ky Duyen

L'agent secret

Georges Saillard

Le médecin

Henry Bonvallet

Léon Arvel

Le domestique

Léon Larive

Un marin

Georges Paulais

Un officier japonais

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