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A Page of Madness

A Page of Madness

1926•1h 11m•7.3/10
HorrorDrama

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7.3/10(167)

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

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Production

Shin Kankaku-ha Eiga Renmei Productions, Kinugasa Productions, National Film Art

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Masao Inoue

Masao Inoue

Custodian

Ayako Iijima

Ayako Iijima

Daughter

Yoshie Nakagawa

Yoshie Nakagawa

Custodian's Wife

Eiko Minami

Eiko Minami

Dancer

Misao Seki

Doctor

Minoru Takase

Minoru Takase

Crazy Man A

Hiroshi Nemoto

Young Man

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Crazy Man B

Tetsu Tsuboi

Crazy Man C

Shintarô Takiguchi

Shintarô Takiguchi

Boy

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