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. 在与一位艺伎相恋后，力也因一场搏斗而突然双目失明，坚信自己杀了对方，坚信由于自己的缘故将这位名为小泽一郎的男人重击而死，他畏惧别人的嘲笑声和眼光，于是逃回了姐姐冲合的家。姐姐因为无法消除他的负罪感而失望，又无钱治好他的眼疾，于是准备牺牲自己，卖身成妓....... 本片系衣笠贞之助第二部电影作品，1930年在美国纽约上映，是第一部在美国上映的亚洲影片
