A Page of Madness
About A Page of Madness
A former sailor takes a janitor's job at an asylum to reach his wife, who is held there. Masao Inoue plays the man. The film is set in a mental institution in Japan. The Japanese title is Kurutta Ichipēji.
Cast & crew
More about A Page of Madness
Teinosuke Kinugasa directed and produced this experimental horror film with the Shinkankakuha, the School of New Perceptions. Yasunari Kawabata is credited with the original story. The scenario is now treated as a collaboration among Kawabata, Kinugasa, Banko Sawada, and Minoru Inuzuka. Eiji Tsuburaya is credited as assistant cameraman. Wikidata times it at 71 minutes and lists 10 July 1926 and 24 September 1926. It was lost for 45 years until Kinugasa found it in his storehouse in 1971. Ayako Iijima, Yoshie Nakagawa, and Eiko Minami are on the catalog cast. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
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Eiji Tsuburaya is credited as assistant cameraman on the asylum scenes.
Preservation
Lost until Kinugasa found a print in his storehouse in 1971. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Kawabata later won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968.
- A version of the scenario is printed in Kawabata's complete works.
- A January 1975 date on Wikidata follows the rediscovery.
Scenes
- The sailor takes the janitor's job so he can stay near his wife in the asylum.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (A Page of Madness)
