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
as Une geisha
Philippe Richard
as L'attaché russe
Ky Duyen
as L'agent secret
Georges Saillard
as Le médecin
