Based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra, the film is set in the 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.
as Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
as Ysamo, Kuli
as Kohana
as Pawlik
as Namo
as Pô
as Le commandant
as Geisha
as L'attaché russe
as L'agent secret
as Le médecin
as Le domestique
as Une geisha
as L'officier russe
as Un marin
as Un officier japonais
as Le président du tribunal