Lucienne Le Marchand

Romantic melodrama about an unsuccessful actress who identifies herself with a film star. (BFI.org)

When Clarisse learns that she's going blind she decidesbreak up with her lover to keep him from knowing.

Based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra, the film is set in the Yoshiwara, the red-light district of Tokyo, in the nineteenth century. It depicts a love triangle between a high-class prostitute, a Russian naval officer, and a rickshaw man.

Raskolnikov is a Russian man who follows an unusual moral code. A combination of vigilantism and hubris fuels his decision to aid a hapless prostitute by removing her antagonist, a local merchant. Raskolnikov is locked up for the murder, and while he does not deny committing the crime, he tries to persuade the police that he should not be charged.

The invincible bandit faces his daughter, who wants him to end his criminal activities.