Yoshiwara (1937)
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.
Director:
Max Ophüls
Writers:
Arnold Lipp, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Max Ophüls, J. Dapoigny.
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Pierre Richard-Willm as Lieutenant Serge Polenoff |
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Sessue Hayakawa as Ysamo, Kuli |
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Lucienne Le Marchand as Namo |
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Roland Toutain as Pawlik |
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Michiko Tanaka as Kohana |
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André Gabriello as Pô |
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Camille Bert as Le commandant |
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Janine Darcey as Une geisha |
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Foun-Sen as Une geisha |
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Philippe Richard as L'attaché russe |
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Ky Duyen as L'agent secret |
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Georges Saillard as Le médecin |
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Henry Bonvallet as |
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Linh-Nam as |
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Léon Arvel as Le domestique |
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Maurice Devienne as L'officier russe |
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Léon Larive as Un marin |
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Georges Paulais as Un officier japonais |
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Martial Rèbe as Le président du tribunal |
| Directing | Max Ophüls | Director |
| Writing | Arnold Lipp | Screenplay |
| Production | Samuel Epstein | Producer |
| Writing | Wolfgang Wilhelm | Screenplay |
| Writing | Max Ophüls | Screenplay |
| Writing | J. Dapoigny | Screenplay |
| Camera | Eugen Schüfftan | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Pierre Méguérian | Editor |
| Sound | Paul Dessau | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Maurice Dekobra | Novel |
| Art | Léon Barsacq | Production Design |
| Production | Herman Millakowsky | Producer |
| Directing | Ralph Baum | Assistant Director |
| Art | André Barsacq | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laure Lourié | Costume Design |
