them with happy faces. He returns to work mopping the floors, no longer able to visit his wife's ward because he lost the keys (picked up by the doctor). He sees the bearded inmate pass by, who bows to him for the first time, as if bowing to his father-in-law. Cast Release Initial release A Page of Madness was first screened in Tokyo on 10 July 1926. Screenings would have included live narration by a storyteller or benshi as well as musical accompaniment. The famous benshi Musei Tokugawa narrated the film at the Musashinokan theater in Shinjuku in Tokyo. 21st-century screenings The film was screened at the 2018 Ebertfest, on 20 April. It has also screened at the Lincoln Center in New York City featuring a live accompaniment with the Alloy Orchestra and the Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York. Reception Modern assessments Reception of A Page of Madness since its rediscovery has been mostly positive. Dennis Schwartz from Ozus' World Movie Reviews awarded the film a grade A, calling it "a vibrant and unsettling work of great emotional power". Time Out, praised the film, writing, "A Page of Madness remains one of the most radical and challenging Japanese movies ever seen here." Panos Kotzathanasis from Asian Movie Pulse.com called it "a masterpiece", praising the film's acting, music, and imagery. Jonathan Crow from Allmovie praised its "eerie, painted sets", lighting, and editing, calling it "a striking exploration of the nature of madness". Nottingham Culture's BBC preview of the film called it, "a balletic musing on our subconscious nightmares, examining dream states in a way that is both beautiful and highly disturbing." Jonathan Rosenbaum of The Chicago Reader praised the film's expressionist style, imagery, and depictions of madness as being "both startling and mesmerizing". It was later included at number 50 in Slant Magazines "100 Best Horror Movies of All Time", citing the film's visuals and atmosphere as "lingering long after the film ends". See also List of rediscovered films References Sources External links A Page of Madness at SilentEra A Page of Madness: The Lost, Avant Garde Masterpiece from Early Japanese Cinema (1926) in Film | January 17th, 2019 Midnight Eye Entry 1926 films 1926 horror films 1920s Japanese films Japanese avant-garde and experimental films Japanese black-and-white films Japanese silent films Japanese horror films Films directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa 1920s rediscovered films 1920s avant-garde and experimental films Rediscovered Japanese films