The Christ of Nanjing

Ryuichi Okagawa a Japanese writer who worked as a reporter in China has been sick ever since his return home While in China Okagawa had met a devoutly religious girl named Jinhua Okagawa was born with a predisposition to agonizing recurrent migraines but found happiness with Jinhua and married her Unfortunately he already had a wife in Japan and this revelation crushed Jinhua When Okagawa returned home leaving Jinhua behind she was forced to work as a prostitute catching both a severe case of the flu and a rather less socially acceptable condition Meanwhile Okagawas guilt has torn him apart enough for him to return to China in an attempt to bring Jinhua home with him to get medical attention but the girl is already too far gone for his help