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.

Top Cast

Pierre Richard-Willm

Lieutenant Serge Polenoff

Sessue Hayakawa

Ysamo, Kuli

Lucienne Le Marchand

Namo

Roland Toutain

Pawlik

M

Michiko Tanaka

Kohana

André Gabriello

Pô

Camille Bert

Le commandant

Janine Darcey

Une geisha