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.
Watch the official Crossroads 1928 trailer in HD below.
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
Teruko Sanjô as Mistaken Woman
Keinosuke Sawada as Man Looking for a Fight
Teinosuke Kinugasa Director
Teinosuke Kinugasa Writer
Kōhei Sugiyama Director of Photography
Bonji Taira Art Direction
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Slums of Tokyo Trailer
Japan 11 May 1928
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12 February 1928
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01 May 1928
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1928 Shochiku, Kinugasa Eiga Renmei.