The read
It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
In 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War, a Japanese naval officer allows his wife to be seduced by a British naval attaché in order to gain access to a secret report he has written, unaware her marital unhappiness has made her vulnerable to falling in love with him. Adapted from a novel by Claude Farrère, and also filmed in a French-language version, LA BATAILLE., q.v.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Nicolas FarkasDirector
- Viktor TourjanskyDirector
- Bernard ZimmerWriter
- Nicolas FarkasWriter
- Robert StevensonWriter
Cast
- Charles BoyerCaptain Yorisaka
- Merle OberonMitsuko Yorisaka
- John LoderCommander Fergan
- Betty StockfeldBetty Hockley
- Valéry InkijinoffHirata Takamuri
- Miles ManderFelze
- Henri FabertThe Admiral
Stills
Themes
japanhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookseductiontragedyromantic trianglejapanese nationalisthara-kiriimperial japanese navybritish military observersecret report