Grass Labyrinth (1979)
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.
Director:
Shūji Terayama
Writers:
Rio Kishida, Shūji Terayama.
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Hiroshi Mikami as Young Akira |
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Takeshi Wakamatsu as Akira |
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Keiko Niitaka as Mother |
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Jūzō Itami as Principal / Priest / Old man |
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Miho Fukuya as Girl |
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Ryoko Kinoyama as |
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Akiko Suetsugu as |
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Yoko Ran as |
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Yutaka Nemoto as |
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Momoko Yaguchi as |
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Masaharu Saito as |
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Hiromi Kawai as |
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Salvador Tari as |
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Yukiko Hiroshima as |
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Toshihiko Hino as |
| Directing | Shūji Terayama | Director |
| Art | Isao Yamada | Production Design |
| Writing | Rio Kishida | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shūji Terayama | Screenplay |
| Sound | J.A. Seazer | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Tomoyo Oshima | Editor |
| Directing | Shinji Sōmai | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Tatsuo Suzuki | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Izumi Kyōka | Original Story |
| Sound | Manabu Otsuka | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Manabu Otsuka | Sound Mixer |