Top billed cast

1. 

   Masao Inoue

   Custodian

2. 

   Ayako Iijima

   Daughter

3. 

   Yoshie Nakagawa

   Custodian's Wife

4. 

   Eiko Minami

   Dancer

5. 

   Misao Seki

   Doctor

6. 

   Minoru Takase

   Crazy Man A

7. 

   Hiroshi Nemoto

   Young Man

8. 

   Kinnosuke Takamatsu

   Crazy Man B

9. 

   Tetsu Tsuboi

   Crazy Man C

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Reviews

A review by Patrick E. Abe

Written by Patrick E. Abe on 2016-10-20

"Kurutta "Ippeiji" is notable for several reasons.
First, it is one of the few Japanese silent movies of the 1920's to survive.

Second, unlike most silent films, it lacks intertitles/title/dialog cards because a narrator, who also acted out lines and situations is/was to be present in a Kabuki-style setting.

Third, It's a low budget, avant garde movie where the cast is "doing a Roger Corman"; serving as production crew members between takes.

The story: The husband of an asylum inmate has taken the job of janitor to watch over her. She dances on the stage of her mind, oblivious to ...read the rest

Recommendations

1. Grave Encounters63%
2. オーディション71%
3. Caveat63%
4. ドグラ・マグラ67%
5. インプリント〜ぼっけえ、きょうてえ〜68%
6. Asylum60%
7. Stonehearst Asylum68%
8. 堕靡泥の星 美少女狩り62%
9. Captive65%
10. 劇場版 BLEACH Fade to Black 君の名を呼ぶ71%
11. Mister Frost62%
12. Come Play64%
13. かがみの孤城71%
14. AMON デビルマン黙示録69%
15. 花と蛇 ZERO60%
16. Shock Corridor69%
17. Nowhere to Run65%
18. Obsession82%
19. The Night Visitor65%
20. Ghostland74%

Status
Released

Original Language
Japanese

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• japan
• asylum
• silent film
• mental asylum
• dowry
• partially lost film
• psychological horror