A Page of Madness

Original title: Kurutta ichipêji

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

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7.3/10

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Trivia
This film was deemed lost for more than forty years, but it was rediscovered by its director, Teinosuke Kinugasa, in a rice cans in 1971.

Alternate versions
Reissued in Japan in 1973 with musical score replacing original benshi.

Connections
Featured in The Story of Film: An Odyssey: The Golden Age of World Cinema (2011)

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6/10

fascinating but tough going

I saw the 1 hour version shown on TCM. I'll like to see the 78 minute restoration as this version has no inter titles, no translation of signs and missing a third of the film. Now, back then a benshi would live narrate so there wouldn't be titles but do they have a copy of what the benshi said during the film (if anything)? I would read a synopsis before watching as it makes things clearer. The plot is hard to follow, some of it is from the POV of crazy people or the dream of the protagonist. Well worth watching but more for admiration than enjoyment.