"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."
Pierre Richard-Willm
as Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
Sessue Hayakawa
as Ysamo, Kuli
Lucienne Le Marchand
as Namo
Roland Toutain
as Pawlik
Michiko Tanaka
as Kohana
André Gabriello
as Pô
Camille Bert
as Le commandant
Janine Darcey
as Une geisha
Foun-Sen
Philippe Richard
as L'attaché russe
Ky Duyen
as L'agent secret
Georges Saillard
as Le médecin
Henry Bonvallet
as
Linh-Nam
Léon Arvel
as Le domestique
Maurice Devienne
as L'officier russe
Léon Larive
as Un marin
Georges Paulais
as Un officier japonais
Martial Rèbe
as Le président du tribunal
Max Ophüls
Director
Arnold Lipp
Screenplay
Wolfgang Wilhelm
J. Dapoigny
Samuel Epstein
Producer
Eugen Schüfftan
Director of Photography
Pierre Méguérian
Editor
Paul Dessau
Original Music Composer
Herman Millakowsky
Maurice Dekobra
Novel
André Barsacq
Production Design
Léon Barsacq
Laure Lourié
Costume Design
Ralph Baum
Assistant Director