---
title: 'Yoshiwara (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Max Ophüls'
released: '1937-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/yoshiwara-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029802/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Yoshiwara (1937)

1937 · 102 min · Drama · France


## Synopsis

Yoshiwara is a 1937 French historical drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Sessue Hayakawa and Michiko Tanaka. It is based on a novel of the same title by Maurice Dekobra. It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé in Paris and on location at the Musée Albert-Kahn in Billancourt and in Rochefort-en-Yvelines and Villefranche-sur-Mer. The film's sets were designed by the art directors André Barsacq and Léon Barsacq.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Max Ophüls](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-ophuls)
- **Screenplay:** [Maurice Dekobra](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-dekobra), [Arnold Lippschitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-lippschitz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Dessau](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dessau)
- **Producer:** [Herman Millakowsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/herman-millakowsky)
- **Director of Photography:** [Eugen Schüfftan](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugen-schufftan)

## Cast

- [Georges Saillard](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-saillard)
- [Camille Bert](https://cinepixo.com/people/camille-bert)
- [Léon Arvel](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-arvel)
- [André Gabriello](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-gabriello)
- [Lucienne Le Marchand](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucienne-le-marchand)
- [Léon Larive](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-larive)
- [Pierre Richard-Willm](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-richard-willm)
- [Roland Toutain](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-toutain)
- [Georges Paulais](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-paulais)
- [Philippe Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-richard)
- [Michiko Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/michiko-tanaka)
- [Sessue Hayakawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/sessue-hayakawa)
- [Foun-Sen](https://cinepixo.com/people/foun-sen)

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