Yoshiwara

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.

Director: Max Ophüls

Cast: Pierre Richard-Willm, Sessue Hayakawa, Lucienne Le Marchand, Roland Toutain, Michiko Tanaka, André Gabriello, Camille Bert, Janine Darcey

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.