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Grass Labyrinth (1979)

Genre : Drama, Romance, Fantasy

Runtime : 41M

Director : Shūji Terayama

Synopsis

Akira is haunted by a "bouncing ball" song that he remembers his mother singing when he was a small child, and now on the verge of a sexually active adulthood, he wants to find the origins of the song. The young man ostensibly wanders into a time-warp in which aspects from his childhood and adulthood mix together. In this never-never land he comes across a beautiful woman/witch who is lost inside the labyrinth of her mansion, just as the young man is lost in the labyrinth of time — and on some levels, perhaps the labyrinth of his subconscious.

Actors

Hiroshi Mikami
Hiroshi Mikami
Young Akira
Takeshi Wakamatsu
Takeshi Wakamatsu
Akira
Keiko Niitaka
Keiko Niitaka
Mother
Juzo Itami
Juzo Itami
Principal / Priest / Old man
Miho Fukuya
Miho Fukuya
Girl

Crews

Shūji Terayama
Shūji Terayama
Director
Rio Kishida
Rio Kishida
Writer
Shūji Terayama
Shūji Terayama
Writer
J.A. Seazer
J.A. Seazer
Music
Tomoyo Ōshima
Tomoyo Ōshima
Editor
Shinji Sômai
Shinji Sômai
Assistant Director
Tatsuo Suzuki
Tatsuo Suzuki
Director of Photography
Izumi Kyōka
Izumi Kyōka
Original Story
Isao Yamada
Isao Yamada
Production Design