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