A Page of Madness

A Page of Madness

20/4/2018 1h 11m 7.3/10

Overview

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

Director

Teinosuke Kinugasa

Top Billed Cast

Misao Seki

Misao Seki

Doctor

Yoshie Nakagawa

Yoshie Nakagawa

Custodian's Wife

Masao Inoue

Masao Inoue

Custodian

Minoru Takase

Minoru Takase

Crazy Man A

Eiko Minami

Eiko Minami

Dancer

Ayako Iijima

Ayako Iijima

Daughter

Reviews

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 and more like a disturbed memory — fractured, guilt-ridden, soaked in sorrow. There are no intertitles to guide you, no dialogue to hold onto — just disjointed, nightmarish imagery that loops and folds in on itself. Time feels broken. Reality slips. You’re left to wander a labyrinth of regret where nothing is certain, and everything aches. It’s the kind of film that doesn’t just unsettle — it possesses. Strange, tragic, and hypnotically beautiful in its disquiet, it burrows under your skin.

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