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Crossroads

Crossroads

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 11, 1928

Runtime

1h 14m

Genres

Drama

User Score

68%

Original Title

十字路

Production Companies

Kinugasa Eiga Renmei, Shochiku

Director

Teinosuke Kinugasa

Description

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.