A Page of Madness on AllMovie

This is a rare example of silent Japanese avant-garde cinema and a masterpiece of early experimental film. The film is an impressionistic treatment of a mental hospital seen mostly through the eyes of the insane. The story centers on a man who takes a job as a custodian at the asylum to be near his committed wife. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn that the wife suffered a mental breakdown after she drown their infant son. The custodian tries repeatedly to help his wife escape the institution, but she fails to recognize him. By the end of the film, the custodian begins to suffer from hallucinations while resigning himself to the routine of the sanitarium.