Yoshiwara

The story

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 & crew

Pierre Richard-WillmLieutenant Serge Polenoff

Sessue HayakawaYsamo, Kuli

Lucienne Le MarchandNamo

Roland ToutainPawlik

Michiko Tanaka

Michiko TanakaKohana

André GabrielloPô

Camille BertLe commandant

Janine DarceyUne geisha

Foun-Sen

Foun-SenUne geisha

Philippe RichardL'attaché russe

Ky DuyenL'agent secret

Georges SaillardLe médecin