Patrick E. Abe
6/10
"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 Corm...
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8/10
_A Page of Madness_ is silent, surreal, and visually arresting — a descent into something far murkier than mere madness. The asylum pulses with unease; inmates convulse in what appears to be seizures, captured through a lens that mistakes illness for delirium, reflecting a time when epilepsy and mental illness were indistinguishable. What unfolds is a profound exploration of madness and regret, le...

Ring 2
⭐ 5.8

Make-Believers
⭐ 0.0

Should We Be Silent?
⭐ 5.0

Nichiren
⭐ 0.0

The Cavalier's Dream
⭐ 4.4

Tokyo Decadence
⭐ 5.9

They
⭐ 5.0

Two Daughters of Eve
⭐ 0.0

In the Aisles of the Wild
⭐ 0.0

Gold and Glitter
⭐ 0.0

A Cry for Help
⭐ 0.0

A Misunderstood Boy
⭐ 0.0

The Mortuary Assistant
⭐ 6.0

Diplomacy
⭐ 0.0

Common Ground
⭐ 0.0

The Lash
⭐ 0.0

Song of Triumphant Love
⭐ 0.0

Sonka the Golden Hand
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Oliver Twist
⭐ 0.0

Lost and Won
⭐ 7.0