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.
Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
Ysamo, Kuli
Namo
Pawlik
Kohana
PĂ´
Le commandant
Une geisha
L'attaché russe
L'agent secret
Le médecin
Le domestique
L'officier russe
Un marin (uncredited)
Un officier japonais
Le président du tribunal