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.
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Pierre Richard-Willm
Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
Max Ophüls
Director
Max Ophüls
Screenplay
Wolfgang Wilhelm
Screenplay
Arnold Lipp
Screenplay
J. Dapoigny
Screenplay
Maurice Dekobra
Novel
Herman Millakowsky
Producer
Samuel Epstein
Producer
Eugen Schüfftan
Director of Photography
Paul Dessau
Original Music Composer
Pierre Méguérian
Editor
Laure Lourié
Costume Design
Léon Barsacq
Production Design
André Barsacq
Production Design
