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.
Max Ophüls
Director

Pierre Richard-Willm
Lieutenant Serge Polenoff

Sessue Hayakawa
Ysamo, Kuli

Lucienne Le Marchand
Namo

Roland Toutain
Pawlik
Michiko Tanaka
Kohana

André Gabriello
Pô

Camille Bert
Le commandant

Janine Darcey
Une geisha
Foun-Sen
Une geisha
Gabriel's Inferno: Part II83%
The Man from Elysian Fields58%
Une liaison pornographique63%
Newness60%
Endless Love69%
Two Moon Junction60%
After Ever Happy67%
César et Rosalie72%
Marked Men: Rule + Shaw66%
Sous emprise60%
The Sleeping Dictionary65%
Noce blanche65%
Your Fault: London75%
Lovely, Still65%
See You Soon59%
The Lost Husband67%
Les Jeunes Amants64%
L'Amour ouf71%
Love Everlasting73%
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between61%