Yoshiwara
MovieTitle | Yoshiwara |
User score | 8 |
Release date | Jun 23, 1937 |
Genre | Romance, Drama |
Director | Max Ophüls |
Production country | France |
Production companies | Les Productions Milo Film, Les Films Excelsior |
Run time | 102 min. |
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.