A Page of Madness

A Page of Madness (狂った一頁, Kurutta Ichipeiji) 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 (or School of New Perceptions) who tried to overcome naturalistic representation. The film is set in a mental institution in contemporary Japan.

A Page of Madness
Promotional release poster
Directed byTeinosuke Kinugasa
Written by
  • Yasunari Kawabata
  • Teinosuke Kinugasa
  • Minoru Inuzuka
  • Banko Sawada
Produced byTeinosuke Kinugasa
Starring
  • Masao Inoue
  • Yoshie Nakagawa
  • Ayako Iijima
CinematographyKōhei Sugiyama
Eiji Tsuburaya
Music byMinoru Muraoka ("New Sound" version)
Production
companies
  • Kinugasa Motion Picture League
  • National Film Art Company
Release dates
  • July 10, 1926 (1926-07-10) (Japan)
  • April 27, 1975 (1975-04-27) ("New Sound" version)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryJapan

Yasunari Kawabata, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, was credited on the film with the original story. He is often cited as the screenwriter, and a version of the scenario is printed in his complete works, but the scenario is now considered a collaboration between him, Kinugasa, Banko Sawada, and Minoru Inuzuka. Eiji Tsuburaya is credited as an assistant cameraman.

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