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A review by Patrick E. Abe
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Written by Patrick E. Abe on Thu Oct 20 2016
"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 Corman"; serving as production crew members between takes.
The story: The husband of an asylum inmate has taken the job of janitor to watch over her. She dances on the stage of her mind, oblivious to t...
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