Movie: Yoshiwara

Top 10 Billed Cast

Pierre Richard-Willm
Pierre Richard-Willm

Lieutenant Serge Polenoff

Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa

Ysamo, Kuli

Michiko Tanaka
Michiko Tanaka

Kohana

Roland Toutain
Roland Toutain

Pawlik

Lucienne Le Marchand
Lucienne Le Marchand

Namo

André Gabriello
André Gabriello

Camille Bert
Camille Bert

Le commandant

Foun-Sen
Foun-Sen

Geisha

Philippe Richard
Philippe Richard

L'attaché russe

Ky Duyen
Ky Duyen

L'agent secret

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1937-06-23

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    Français
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