Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in Tokyo
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Music
Music by Paul Dessau
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Eugen Schüfftan
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Arnold LippScreenplay
- Wolfgang WilhelmScreenplay
- Max OphülsScreenplay
- J. DapoignyScreenplay
- Maurice DekobraNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 23, 1937
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France
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
Ky DuyenL'agent secret
Georges SaillardLe médecin
Henry Bonvallet- Linh-Nam
Léon ArvelLe domestique- Maurice DevienneL'officier russe
Léon LariveUn marin (uncredited)
Georges PaulaisUn officier japonais- Martial RèbeLe président du tribunal
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