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
Pierre Richard-Willm
Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
Sessue Hayakawa
Ysamo, Kuli
Lucienne Le Marchand
Namo
Roland Toutain
Pawlik
Michiko Tanaka
Kohana
André Gabriello
Pô
Camille Bert
Le commandant
Janine Darcey
Une geisha
Foun-Sen
Une geisha
Philippe Richard
L'attaché russe
Ky Duyen
L'agent secret
Georges Saillard
Le médecin
Henry Bonvallet
Unknown
Linh-Nam
Unknown
Léon Arvel
Le domestique
Maurice Devienne
L'officier russe
Léon Larive
Un marin
Georges Paulais
Un officier japonais
Martial Rèbe
Le président du tribunal
Crew
Max Ophüls
Director, Screenplay
Arnold Lipp
Screenplay
Wolfgang Wilhelm
Screenplay
J. Dapoigny
Screenplay
Maurice Dekobra
Novel
Pierre Méguérian
Editor
Eugen Schüfftan
Director of Photography
Ralph Baum
Assistant Director
Samuel Epstein
Producer
Herman Millakowsky
Producer
André Barsacq
Production Design
Léon Barsacq
Production Design
Laure Lourié
Costume Design
Paul Dessau
Original Music Composer
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