[tlug] (OT) SEO - human readable url

[Henri Servomaa <r_muffin@example.com>]

Hello folks,

It's a bit OT, but as there are exerienced ppl on this list I thought to ask.

Basically, it's about human readable vs cryptic urls for SEO.
The question is, is this url
 http://myshop.com/catalogue/products/shoes/boots/camel

going to have better pagerank than
 http://myshop.com?id=1241394&br=camel&sku=123

if the site contents are identical otherwise?

I'm more interested in Japanese specific info if possible, although I wonder if the ranking systems would differ by language/country.

Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Henri