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Yoshiwara is a 1937 French drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Sessue Hayakawa and Michiko Tanaka. It is 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.
Original Release
06/23/1937
US Release
10/03/1999
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Pierre Richard-Willm | Le lieutenant Serge Polenoff / Lieutenant Serge Polenoff |
| Sessue Hayakawa | Ysamo, Kuli |
| Michiko Tanaka | Kohana |
| Roland Toutain | Pawlik |
| Lucienne Le Marchand | Namo |
| André Gabriello | Pô |
| Camille Bert | Le commandant |
| Foun-Sen | Une geisha / Geisha |
| Philippe Richard | L'attaché russe |
| Ky Duyen | L'agent secret |
Directors
Writers
Max Ophüls, Maurice Dekobra, Arnold Lipp, Wolfgang Wilhelm, J. Dapoigny
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Pierre Richard-Willm | Le lieutenant Serge Polenoff / Lieutenant Serge Polenoff |
| Sessue Hayakawa | Ysamo, Kuli |
| Michiko Tanaka | Kohana |
| Roland Toutain | Pawlik |
| Lucienne Le Marchand | Namo |
| André Gabriello | Pô |
| Camille Bert | Le commandant |
| Foun-Sen | Une geisha / Geisha |
| Philippe Richard | L'attaché russe |
| Ky Duyen | L'agent secret |
| Georges Saillard | Le médecin |
| Henry Bonvallet | (as Bonvallet) |
| Linh-Nam | (as My-Linh-Nahm) |
| Léon Arvel | Le domestique |
| Janine Darcey | Une geisha |
| Maurice Devienne | L'officier russe |
| Léon Larive | Un marin |
| Georges Paulais | Un officier japonais |
| Martial Rèbe | Le président du tribunal |
| François Viguier | Petit rôle |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Samuel Epstein | Producer |
| Herman Millakowsky | Producer |
