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A Page of Madness

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In Japan, a man (Masao Inoue) takes a job as a janitor at a mental asylum in order to be near his wife (Yoshie Nakagawa). Although his wife suffers genuine mental anguish, the man believes he can rescue her -- but his attempt to break her out one night backfires when she panics. After she returns to her room, the husband again makes plans to try to take her out, only to be interrupted in the attempt by a doctor and several attendants, whom he attacks and believes he has killed.

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Filipe Freitas Always Good Movies Kinugasa's avant-garde/experimental horror reflection is... Simply feverish. Rated: 4/5 Sep 30, 2020 Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse The combination of the images presented on screen, the aforementioned techniques, and the impervious, and quite fitting music by the Alloy Orchestra result in an audiovisual extravaganza, a truly impactful experience Oct 27, 2019 Full Review Pierre Kapitaniak Electric Sheep ... [director Teinosuke] Kinugasa's technical and artistic mastery is enough to make A Page of Madness a masterpiece of Japanese and, for that matter, world avant-garde cinema... Oct 27, 2017 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It's a vibrant and unsettling work of great emotional power. Rated: A Oct 18, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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Robson C Um homem se emprega em um manicômio com a intenção de libertar a esposa que é paciente lá. Este pequeno filme mudo japonês (não chega a ter 1 hora) é um dos primeiros filmes japoneses ditos de vanguarda. Ele era tão diferente e original, que na época em que foi feito, ele foi exibido nas salas de cinema destinadas a filmes não japoneses, tão diferente ele é. Com influência do expressionismo alemão, o tema do filme é a loucura. Como a sua inspiração alemã, ele flerta com o drama e com o horror durante a tentativa de fuga do homem e da sua esposa do hospício. Ao mesmo tempo, o filme narra como tudo chegou até aquele ponto. O filme não tem intertítulos, então a compreensão da história vem das interpretações dos atores (muito bons, sendo todos bem expressivos) e na montagem. Um filme bem interessante que quase ficou perdido para sempre, recuperado pelo próprio diretor nos anos 70. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/25/23 Full Review william d Japanese avant-garde from the 1920s. There are some truly striking, even horrifying, images here, but it's too weird (or artistic if you prefer) for my taste. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Cutting-edge and grungy poetics, [Teinosuke] Kinugasa honors the film's title in a sunless "zoo" of harrowing snivels, transparent intent and supersonic disturb. The open chaos masquerades in the Shinkankakuha's (LITERARY GROUP) oneness. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Haunting Japanese silent film set in an asylum. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/24/19 Full Review Audience Member Kurutta Ippeji offers a view on the distorted perspective of a troubled janitor in a mental asylum. As a proof of concept, it shows that experimental cinematic techniques can affect the way narration is perceived by the viewer - here, the visual elements contribute to how the viewer experiences the characters' mental state. As an experiment, the movie possibly even makes a stronger case than the comparably surreal Hausu [1977], which is partly imbalanced in its style. However, due to the poor visual quality and the lack of functional storytelling, this experimental feature can't be easily recommended to people looking for a more conventional feature. Full review: https://movie-discourse.blogspot.com/2018/07/kurutta-ippeji-jap-1926.html?view=flipcard Twitter: @Max4Movies Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Teinosuke Kinugasa was definitely ahead of his time. A creepy and profound masterpiece. Captivating till the end Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In Japan, a man (Masao Inoue) takes a job as a janitor at a mental asylum in order to be near his wife (Yoshie Nakagawa). Although his wife suffers genuine mental anguish, the man believes he can rescue her -- but his attempt to break her out one night backfires when she panics. After she returns to her room, the husband again makes plans to try to take her out, only to be interrupted in the attempt by a doctor and several attendants, whom he attacks and believes he has killed.
Director
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Producer
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Screenwriter
Yasunari Kawabata, Teinosuke Kinugasa
Production Co
Kinugasa Productions
Genre
Drama
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 12, 2018
Runtime
1h 0m
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