If you loved A Page of Madness, try I, the Executioner
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. I, the Executioner has roughly 8.4× fewer votes than A Page of Madness — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the dread, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to A Page of Madness, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What I, the Executioner is
Kyoto, late autumn, a dripping faucet. Detectives trace a string of ritualistic murders, each echoing the suicide of a bullied schoolboy. Kato applies a procedural chill to the pinku eiga playbook.
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