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.
Yoshiwara (1937)
Directed by Max Ophüls
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Movie Info
Tags
Courtesan, Geisha, Prince, Tokyo
Attributes
Narrative Location: Tokyo
Alternate Titles
Cseresznyevirág
HU
Glædernes hus
DK
Honra Japonesa
PT
Jošivara
HR, SI, YU
Kohana
FR
Yoshiwara
BE, BR, FR, GR, IT, ES
Yoshiwara - ilojen katu
FI
Yoshiwara, de wijk der zonden
NL
ヨシワラ
JP