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狂つた一頁 (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], Shintarô Takiguchi [a boy]
[?] Kinugasa Motion Picture League and/or Shin Kankaku-ha Eiga Renmei Productions? production. / Produced by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Scenario by Teinosuke Kinugasa, Minoru Inuzuka, Yasunari Kawabata and Bankô Sawada, from a story by Yasunari Kawabata. Art direction by Chiyo Azaki. Gaffer, Masao Uchida. First assistant director, Masami Ôsugi. Assistant director, Eiichi Koishi. Cinematography by Kôhei Sugiyama and Eiji Tsuburaya. Camera assistant, Eiji Tsuburaya. Intertitles design by Kiyoshi Takeda. / Premiered 10 July 1926 in Tokyo, Japan. 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: 12 July 2024.
References: Sato-Currents pp. 8, 57, 252; Sinyard-Silent p. 168 : Website-GEM; Website-IMDb.
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