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Yoshiwara

 
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Yoshiwara

  • Director: Max Ophüls
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Drama
  • Movie Type: Melodrama, Romantic Drama
  • Themes: Unrequited Love, Out For Revenge, Culture Clash
  • Main Cast: Pierre Richard-Willm, Sessue Hayakawa, Roland Toutain, Lucienne Lemarchand
  • Release Year: 1937
  • Country: FR
  • Run Time: 95 minutes

Plot

This bit of elegant esoterica was Max Ophuls' only directorial effort for 1937. Japanese matinee idol Sessue Hayakawa made a long-overdue return to films as Yaamo, a humble Chinese coolie in love with the beautiful and aristocratic Kohana (Michiko Tanaka). Following her father's suicide, Kohana is reduced to working as a Geisha girl, and it is in this capacity that she meets Russian naval officer Serge Polinoff (Pierre-Richard Willm), who marries the girl and takes her back to his homeland. Now regarding Kohana as a traitor, Yaamo swears vengeance on both the girl and her Russian husband. At film's end, only Kohana is left alive, which in context is surprising indeed. The Japanese government issued a formal complaint about the content of Yoshiwara, but French moviegoers were not yet conditioned to take such things seriously, and the film was a hit. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

  • Pierre Richard-Willm - Serge Polenoff
  • Sessue Hayakawa - Ysamo
  • Roland Toutain - Pawlik
  • Lucienne Lemarchand - Namo
Gabriello - Po; Camille Bert - Commander; Phillipe Richard - Russian Attache

Credit

Max Ophüls - Director
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