Yoshiwara

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Pierre Richard-Willm Lieutenant Serge Polenoff

Sessue Hayakawa Ysamo, Kuli

Lucienne Le Marchand Namo

Roland Toutain Pawlik

Michiko Tanaka Kohana