A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa
japan
asylum
silent film
mental asylum
dowry
partially lost film
psychological horror
Rank
#3 in 1926·#3097 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
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Cast
Masao Inoue
Custodian
Ayako Iijima
Daughter
Yoshie Nakagawa
Custodian's Wife
Eiko Minami
Dancer
Minoru Takase
Crazy Man A
Shintarô Takiguchi
Boy
Crew
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Director
Yasunari Kawabata
Writer
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Writer
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Producer
Yasunari Kawabata
Original Story
Eiji Tsuburaya
Assistant Camera
Popular Reviews
215 reviews
Lemon Cake
1.0★ · 07/23/25
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Jerssey Alas
8.0★ · 04/24/26
Not gonna lie when I say that I was scared watching this at 3AM.
Then when it ended, I passed out.
Not gonna lie when I say that I was scared watching this at 3AM.
Then when it ended, I passed out.
iiEthan10
4.0★ · 03/28/26
I thought this movie would be scary but it's just so boring.
I thought this movie would be scary but it's just so boring.
Jazten
4.0★ · 03/23/26
headache.
i mightve liked and appreciated this more if the intertitles or narration or the benshi are present, but i learned halfway thru the film that theyre absent or lost and wtv
headache.
i mightve liked and appreciated this more if the intertitles or narration or the benshi are present, but i learned halfway thru the film that theyre absent or lost and wtv
Lucas
7.0★ · 03/18/26
aquele amigo que se perdeu entre a linha do tempo e materia
aquele amigo que se perdeu entre a linha do tempo e materia