A Page of Madness (1926)
Teinosuke Kinugasa
HorrorSilent
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A Page of Madness is a 1926 Japanese silent experimental horror film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Lost for 45 years until it was rediscovered by Kinugasa in his storehouse in 1971, the film is the product of an avant-garde group of artists in Japan known as the Shinkankakuha who tried to overcome naturalistic representation. The film is set in a mental institution in contemporary Japan. Yasunari Kawabata, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, was credited on the film with the original story. Wikipedia
The film follows an elderly janitor at a mental asylum who takes the job to be near his wife, a patient suffering from severe mental illness. As he attempts to rescue her from the institution, his plans lead to chaos and tragedy, reflecting themes of madness, regret, and the impact of his past decisions on their family.
- Archive
- Internet Archive, in Silent films
- Licence or status
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as the Internet Archive states it.
- Credit
- Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Language
- Japanese
- Who can watch
- The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed