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A Page of Madness

7.3(186)19261h 11m2

An elderly man visits his mentally ill wife in a psychiatric hospital. Years earlier, she had tried to drown their child and then take her own life. Crushed by guilt and powerless to change what has happened, he remains at the clinic as a janitor. Soon, their daughter arrives to inform him of her upcoming wedding, and with her arrival come painful memories and tormenting visions.

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  • japan
  • asylum
  • silent film
  • psychotic
  • mental asylum
  • dowry
  • frantic
  • partially lost film
  • father daughter relationship
  • psychological horror
  • ambiguous
  • tragic

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)Ebertfest20 Apr 2018
    • Theatrical (limited)Milwaukee8 Oct 2022
    • Theatrical (limited)Michigan13 Oct 2022
    • Theatrical (limited)Detroit16 Oct 2022
    • Theatrical (limited)Washington, DC5 May 2023
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalRated A (veiwers aged 5 plus admitted but some content may be unsuitable for veiwers under 14)29 Mar 1973
    • Theatrical (limited)London24 Sept 2017
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical (limited)Festival international du cinéma en 16mm de Montréal25 Oct 1973
  • JapanJP

    • PremiereTokyo10 Jul 1926
    • Theatrical24 Sept 1926

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A Page of Madness was released on 24 September 1926.

Audience reviews

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    Patrick E. Abe

    10/20/2016

    6/10

    "Kurutta "Ippeiji" is notable for several reasons. First, it is one of the few Japanese silent movies of the 1920's to survive. Second, unlike most silent films, it lacks intertitles/title/dialog cards because a narrator, who also acted out lines and situations is/was to be present in a Kabuki-style setting. Third, It's a low budget, avant garde movie where the cast is "doing a Roger Corman"; serving as prod…

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    griggs79

    3/26/2025

    8/10

    _A Page of Madness_ is silent, surreal, and visually arresting — a descent into something far murkier than mere madness. The asylum pulses with unease; inmates convulse in what appears to be seizures, captured through a lens that mistakes illness for delirium, reflecting a time when epilepsy and mental illness were indistinguishable. What unfolds is a profound exploration of madness and regret, less like a narrative …

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