Crossroads
7.1
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.
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Cast
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Junosuke Bandô
Rikiya
Also in
The Siege of Osaka
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
Akiko Chihaya
Elder Sister Okiku
Also in
A Woman Crying in Spring
An Actor's Revenge
Yukiko Ogawa
Yada Onna
Also in
Kagaribi
Castle of Wind and Clouds
Minoru Takase
Man with Truncheon
Known for
A Page of Madness
Yoshie Nakagawa
Old Lady Who Trades Woman
Known for
A Page of Madness
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Misao Seki
Old Man Renting Second Floor
Known for
A Page of Madness
Teruko Sanjô
Mistaken Woman
Also in
Graveyard of Honor
Monster Cat of Enmaji Temple
Keinosuke Sawada
Man Looking for a Fight
Also in
Sozenji Baba
Castle of Wind and Clouds
Teinosuke Kinugasa Director · Kōhei Sugiyama Cinematographer
First release May 11, 1928 · Produced in Japan · Production Shochiku
Production
Kinugasa Eiga Renmei
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
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Original title
十字路
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Japan · May 11, 1928
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No release date listed for United States.
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