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| Directed by | Max Ophüls |
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| Cinematography | Eugen Schüfftan |
| Edited by | Pierre Méguérian |
| Music by | Paul Dessau |
Production company | Milo Film |
| Distributed by | Compagnie Cinématographique de France |
Release date | 22 October 1937 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Yoshiwara is a 1937 French drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Sessue Hayakawa and Michiko Tanaka. It is based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra. The film is set in the 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.[1]
Reception
The film was Ophüls' greatest pre-war French financial success.[2] Yoshiwara proved controversial in Japan where the government objected to the depiction of Japanese brothels and banned it. There was a negative reaction against the two Japanese actors who had starred in the film, and they were labelled as traitors.[3]
Cast
- Pierre Richard-Willm – Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
- Sessue Hayakawa – Ysamo, Kuli
- Michiko Tanaka – Kohana
- Roland Toutain – Pawlik
- Lucienne Le Marchand – Namo
- André Gabriello – Pô
- Camille Bert – Le commandant
- Foun-Sen – Geisha
- Philippe Richard – L'attaché russe
- Ky Duyen – L'agent secret
- Georges Saillard – Le médecin
References
Bibliography
- Bacher, Lutz. Max Ophuls in the Hollywood Studios. Rutgers University Press, 1996.
- Seigle, Cecilia Segawa. Yoshiwara: The Glittering World of the Japanese Courtesan. University of Hawaii Press, 1993.
External links
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