Crossroads (1928)

Original title

十字路

Directed by

Teinosuke Kinugasa

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Two siblings struggle to survive in the slums of Tokyo. Their lives unravel when the brother is accused of a violent crime.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.