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Yoshiwara (1937) DVD

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Yoshiwara (1937)

Director:

Max Ophüls    

Writers:

Maurice Dekobra (novel),  Arnold Lipp (adaptation)   

Stars:

Pierre Richard-WillmSessue HayakawaMichiko Tanaka
 
 
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.

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