Yoshiwara (film)
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| Directed by | Max Ophüls |
| Produced by |
Samuel Epstein Herman Millakowsky |
| Written by |
Maurice Dekobra (novel) Arnold Lipp Wolfgang Wilhelm Max Ophüls |
| Starring |
Pierre Richard-Willm Sessue Hayakawa Michiko Tanaka Roland Toutain |
| Music by | Paul Dessau |
| Cinematography | Eugen Schüfftan |
| Edited by | Pierre Méguérian |
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| Distributed by | Compagnie Cinématographique de France |
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Release date
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22 October 1937 |
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Running time
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102 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Yoshiwara is a 1937 French drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Sessue Hayakawa and Michiko Tanaka. It is 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.
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.
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