1979
7.3 (29 votes)
0h 42m
Genres
Drama
Fantasy
Production Companies
Jinriki Hikoki Sha
Grass Labyrinth (草迷宮)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Shūji Terayama
Screenplay: Rio Kishida, Shūji Terayama
Director of Photography: Tatsuo Suzuki
Top Cast
Hiroshi Mikami
Young Akira
Takeshi Wakamatsu
Akira
Keiko Niitaka
Mother
Jūzō Itami
Principal / Priest / Old man
Miho Fukuya
Girl
Ryoko Kinoyama
Akiko Suetsugu
