mercedo's Journal: A Woman Who Crossed The Rubicon

Yoshiko Okada, born in 1902 in the movie Woman of Tokyo (1933), after she appeared in this movie, in 1938 with her lover she crossed the border between Japan and Russia in Sakhalin island. The lover was executed soon after they crossed the border. In 1972 she returned from Russia. In 1986 she returned to Russia again and died there in 1992. On the 20th of October, 50 years ago Russia and Japan normalised their relationship.