Okabre Plays A Page Of Madness
Nippon Cinema ª
The Austrian musical collective Okabre writes and performs alternative compositions for cinematic works of art. Their fourth film concert series is dedicated to director Teinosuke KINUGASA, one of the great pioneers of Japanese cinema, and his legendary silent film A PAGE OF MADNESS. This avantgarde horror drama tells the story of a janitor of a psychiatric institution and his wife, who is a patient there. Okabre creates an impressive electronic soundtrack that gives new life to the visually stunning film classic.
Okabre
Manfred Rahofer, Thomas A. Pichler, Andreas Wahl, Electric Ray, Günther Gessert, Florian Graf
Guests:
Manfred Rahofer, Thomas A. Pichler, Andreas Wahl, Electric Ray, Günther Gessert, Florian Graf
Teinosuke KINUGASA
A Page Of Madness (70 Min. Version)
狂った一頁
狂った一頁
Kurutta ippeji
Japan 1926
70 minutes
Director
Teinosuke KINUGASA
Script
Yasunari KAWABATA, Teinosuke KINUGASA, Minoru INUZUKA, Banko SAWADA based on the original work of Yasunari KAWABATA
Cinematography
Kohei SUGIYAMA
Distribution
Lobster Films
Cast
Masao INOUE, Yoshie NAKAGAWA, Ayako IIJIMA, Hiroshi NEMOTO, Misao SEKI
About Teinosuke KINUGASA
Teinosuke KINUGASA (1896-1982) began his career as an onnagata, male performer of female roles. In 1923 he switched to directing and became one of the most prolific directors of his time.