At The Chazen: Austen, Kawabata, Oates and Didion On FilmA Page of Madness | Japan | 1926 | DCP | 97 min. Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa

Cast: Masuo Inoue, Ayako Iijima, Yoshie Nakagawa
Based on a story by co-screenwriter Yusanari Kawabata, this silent film milestone has been hailed as the Japanese equivalent of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. A Page of Madness focuses on a husband struggling to connect with his insane wife amidst the harrowing asylum where she lives and he works as a janitor. Disturbing and daring, the film was lost for over 40 years until director Kinugasa discovered a single 35mm print hidden in his home.