A Page of Madness (Kurutta ippêji) (1926)

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7.3	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Teinosuke Kinugasa

Starring (View all)

Masuo Inoue
Servant

Ayako Iijima
Servant's Daughter

Yoshie Nakagawa
Servant's Wife

Hiroshi Nemoto
Young Man

Misao Seki
Doctor

Minoru Takase
Crazy Man A

Eiko Minami
Dancer

Tetsu Tsuboi
Crazy Man C

Written by

Yasunari Kawabata
(short story)

Teinosuke Kinugasa
(adaptation)

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2 years, 6 months ago at Oct 18 1:48

fernando

(MU) Rare, exprimental, audacious (no texts, difficult story), the desire of depict madness formally exceeds the storytelling...

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A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

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