十字路
/
Shadows of the Yoshiwara
/
Carrefour
/
Encrucijada
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Im Schatten des Yoshiwara
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十字路 (1928年の映画)
director:
Teinosuke Kinugasa
playwright:
Teinosuke Kinugasa
actor:
Akiko Chihaya
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阪東寿之助
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Yukiko Ogawa
genre:
Drama
region:
Japan
language:
Japanese
length: 1h 14m
release date: 1928-05-11
IMDb: tt0019043
十字路
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.