Overview
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.
Cast
- Pierre Richard-Willm as Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
- Sessue Hayakawa as Ysamo, Kuli
- Lucienne Le Marchand as Namo
- Roland Toutain as Pawlik
- Michiko Tanaka as Kohana
- André Gabriello as Pô
- Camille Bert as Le commandant
- Janine Darcey as Une geisha
- Foun-Sen as Une geisha
- Philippe Richard as L'attaché russe