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.
| Production | Samuel Epstein | Producer |
| Writing | Max Ophüls | Screenplay |
| Writing | Wolfgang Wilhelm | Screenplay |
| Writing | J. Dapoigny | Screenplay |
| Writing | Arnold Lipp | Screenplay |
| Directing | Max Ophüls | Director |
| Editing | Pierre Méguérian | Editor |
| Production | Herman Millakowsky | Producer |
| Camera | Eugen Schüfftan | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Paul Dessau | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Maurice Dekobra | Novel |
| Art | Léon Barsacq | Production Design |
| Art | André Barsacq | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laure Lourié | Costume Design |
| Directing | Ralph Baum | Assistant Director |
