Crossroads (1928)

19281h 14mdir. Teinosuke KinugasaJapansilent filmdrama film

With Akiko Chihaya, Minoru Takase, Keinosuke Sawada, Misao Seki

Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa

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Crossroads (Japanese: 十字路, Hepburn: Jūjiro), also known as Crossways, Shadows of the Yoshiwara or Slums of Tokyo, is a 1928 silent Japanese drama film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It is believed to be the first or one of the first Japanese films to be screened in Europe, and often mentioned in conjunction with Kinugasa's other avant-garde film, the two years earlier A Page of Madness.

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