Yoshiwara

IMDb link: 0029802
IMDb rating: 6.5 (233 votes)
Genres: Drama, Romance
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: Sessue Hayakawa, Pierre Richard-Willm, Michiko Tanaka, Roland Toutain and others

Release date: 23 Jun 1937
Release year: 1937
Runtime: 102 minutes
Country: France
Keywords: cockfight, white man asian woman relationship, love, prince, japan, geisha, courtesan, based on novel

Plot:

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.

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