Kurutta ippêji

Jan 1 1975 Not Rated 1h 10m
Drama, Thriller

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

Plot

A husband picks up a job as a janitor at an insane asylum scheming all the time to be close to and free his wife from the institution where she recently attempted suicide. A score was added when in 1970 the reels were unearthed after they were considered lost for decades. The director approved and subsequently repudiated this version.

Written by

Yasunari Kawabata, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Minoru Inuzuka

Directed by

Teinosuke Kinugasa

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

National Film Art, Kinugasa Productions, Shin Kankaku-ha Eiga Renmei Productions

Languages

No Language

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
4,898
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA