Yoshiwara

Name: Yoshiwara
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1937
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6

1937 · 102 min

Romance · Drama

★ 6.0

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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.

Crew

Director Max Ophüls
Screenplay Arnold Lipp
Screenplay Wolfgang Wilhelm
Screenplay J. Dapoigny
Screenplay Max Ophüls
Director of Photography Eugen Schüfftan

Cast

Pierre Richard-Willm
Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
Sessue Hayakawa
Ysamo, Kuli
Lucienne Le Marchand
Namo
Roland Toutain
Pawlik
M
Michiko Tanaka
Kohana
André Gabriello
Pô
Camille Bert
Le commandant
Janine Darcey
Une geisha
F
Foun-Sen
Une geisha
Philippe Richard
L'attaché russe
K
Ky Duyen
L'agent secret
Georges Saillard
Le médecin

Crew

Director — Max Ophüls
Screenplay — Arnold Lipp
Screenplay — Wolfgang Wilhelm
Screenplay — J. Dapoigny
Screenplay — Max Ophüls
Director of Photography — Eugen Schüfftan

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