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
- Pierre Richard-WillmLieutenant Serge Polenoff
- Sessue HayakawaYsamo, Kuli
- Lucienne Le MarchandNamo
- Roland ToutainPawlik
- Michiko TanakaKohana
- André GabrielloPô
- Camille BertLe commandant
- Janine DarceyUne geisha
- Foun-SenUne geisha
- Philippe RichardL'attaché russe
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- Max OphülsDirector
- Max OphülsScreenplay
- Arnold LippScreenplay
- Wolfgang WilhelmScreenplay
- Maurice DekobraNovel
- Eugen SchüfftanDirector of Photography
- Paul DessauOriginal Music Composer
- Pierre MéguérianEditor
- Samuel EpsteinProducer
- Herman MillakowskyProducer
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