Drama · Japan · 1928 · 1h 14m

Crossroads

十字路

Crossroads poster
Director
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Cast
Junosuke Bandô as Rikiya Akiko Chihaya as Elder Sister Okiku Yukiko Ogawa as Yada Onna Minoru Takase as Man with Truncheon Yoshie Nakagawa as Old Lady Who Trades Woman Misao Seki as Old Man Renting Second Floor
Crew
Kōhei Sugiyama — Director of Photography Teinosuke Kinugasa — Writer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
brothelcourtesan
Key Collaborators
Teinosuke Kinugasa Director Kōhei Sugiyama Director of Photography Teinosuke Kinugasa Writer
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