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Yoshiwara

80 %|Jun 23, 1937|Romance, Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Max Ophüls
Director
Arnold Lipp
Screenplay
Samuel Epstein
Producer
Wolfgang Wilhelm
Screenplay
Max Ophüls
Screenplay
J. Dapoigny
Screenplay
Eugen Schüfftan
Director of Photography
Pierre Méguérian
Editor

Cast

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Pierre Richard-Willm
Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
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Sessue Hayakawa
Ysamo, Kuli
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Camille Bert
Le commandant
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Foun-Sen
Geisha
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Philippe Richard
L'attaché russe
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Ky Duyen
L'agent secret
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Georges Saillard
Le médecin
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Léon Arvel
Le domestique
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Janine Darcey
Une geisha
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Maurice Devienne
L'officier russe
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Léon Larive
Un marin
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Georges Paulais
Un officier japonais
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Martial Rèbe
Le président du tribunal