Diary of a Mad Old Man is Wayne Wang’s 119-minute adaptation of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s novel. Lily Franky plays an older man recovering from a stroke, with Fan Bingbing as his daughter-in-law.

The story moves to a contemporary setting. Variety critic Vadim Rizov praised its visual craft but found the added character material less compelling. That assessment belongs to Variety; it is not a separate KBVN+ review score.