

The Battle
HE COMMANDED HER TO LOVE ANOTHER MAN!
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.
Cast

Charles Boyer
Captain Yorisaka

Merle Oberon
Mitsuko Yorisaka

John Loder
Commander Fergan

Betty Stockfeld
Betty Hockley

Valéry Inkijinoff
Hirata Takamuri

Miles Mander
Felze
Henri Fabert
The Admiral
Storyline
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.
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