
Overview
After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the blindness permanent and his opponent dead, Rikiya goes back home to his sister. Okiku, desperate to protect her brother who thinks himself a murderer, wants to sacrifice herself for him and become a prostitute to pay for Rikiya's treatment.
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in Tokyo
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Teinosuke KinugasaWriter
- Original title
- 十字路
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 11, 1928
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan


























