- Source: Yoshiwara (1937 film)
Yoshiwara is a 1937 French historical drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Sessue Hayakawa and Michiko Tanaka. It is based on a novel of the same title by Maurice Dekobra. It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé in Paris and on location at the Musée Albert-Kahn in Billancourt and in Rochefort-en-Yvelines and Villefranche-sur-Mer. The film's sets were designed by the art directors André Barsacq and Léon Barsacq.
Synopsis
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.
Reception
The film was Ophüls' greatest pre-war French financial success. Yoshiwara proved controversial in Japan where the government objected to the depiction of Japanese brothels and banned it. There was a negative reaction against the two Japanese actors who had starred in the film, and they were labelled as traitors.
Cast
Pierre Richard-Willm as Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
Sessue Hayakawa as Ysamo, Kuli
Michiko Tanaka as Kohana
Roland Toutain as Pawlik
Lucienne Le Marchand as Namo
André Gabriello as Pô
Camille Bert as Le commandant
Foun-Sen as Geisha
Philippe Richard as L'attaché russe
Ky Duyen as L'agent secret
Georges Saillard as Le médecin
References
Bibliography
Bacher, Lutz. Max Ophuls in the Hollywood Studios. Rutgers University Press, 1996.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Seigle, Cecilia Segawa. Yoshiwara: The Glittering World of the Japanese Courtesan. University of Hawaii Press, 1993.
External links
Yoshiwara at IMDb
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