Yoshiwara
6.5
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.
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Cast
33 people
Pierre Richard-Willm
Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
Also in
The Count of Monte Cristo Part 1 - The Prisoner of Kastell
The Novel of Werther
Sessue Hayakawa
Ysamo, Kuli
Known for
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Swiss Family Robinson
Eugen Schüfftan
Max Ophüls
Maurice Dekobra
Samuel Epstein
Lucienne Le Marchand
Namo
Also in
Mr. Klein
Blind Venus
Herman Millakowsky
Léon Barsacq
Arnold Lipp
Roland Toutain
Pawlik
Known for
The Rules of the Game
Wolfgang Wilhelm
Max Ophüls Director · Wolfgang Wilhelm Screenplay Arnold Lipp Screenplay
United States release October 3, 1999 · Produced in France · Production Les Films Excelsior
Production
Les Productions Milo Film
Production
Les Films Excelsior
Production
France
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Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · June 23, 1937
Theatrical
United States · October 3, 1999
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Croatia
November 1, 1937
Denmark
December 26, 1937
Finland
January 1, 1938
Italy
January 11, 1938
Japan
February 1, 1946
Netherlands
July 1, 1938 · Den Haag
Portugal
April 7, 1938
Slovenia
November 15, 1937
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