Released
Yoshiwara
June 23 1937 (over 87 years ago)Rating
80
Based on
1 review
- Director: Max Ophüls
- Writers: Arnold Lipp, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Max Ophüls, J. Dapoigny
- Genres: Romance, Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 42 m
- Country: France
- Companies: Les Productions Milo Film, Les Films Excelsior
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.
