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Kurutta ippêji
Also known as A Crazy Page in the USA : [Kurutta ippeiji], [Kurutta ichiêji], [Kurutta ichieiji], [A Page of Madness]
(1926) Japan
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa
Cast: Masao Inoue [the old custodian], Yoshie Nakagawa [his wife], Ayako Iijima [their daughter], Hiroshi Nemoto [the young man], Misao Seki [the doctor], Eiko Minani [dancing girl], Minoru Takase [the first madman], Kyosuke Takamatsu [the second madman], Tetsu Tsuboi [the third madman]
Kinugasa Motion Picture League production. / Produced by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Scenario by Teinosuke Kinugasa and Yasunari Kawabata. Art direction by Chiyio Azaki. Cinematography by Kôhei Sugiyama and Eiji Tsuburaya. / Released 24 September 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / A print of the film was discovered in a rice bin in Kinugasa’s garden shed in 1972.
Experimental: Avant-garde.
Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Avant-garde - Insane asylums
Listing updated: 9 March 2011.
References: Sato-Currents pp. 8, 57, 252; Sinyard-Silent p. 168 : Website-GEM; Website-IMDb.
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