Grass Labyrinth (1979)

  • NR
  • 11/03/1979 (US)
  • Drama, Romance, Fantasy
  • 40m

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.

Shūji Terayama

Director, Screenplay

Rio Kishida

Screenplay

Cast

Hiroshi Mikami's headshot

Hiroshi Mikami

Young Akira
Takeshi Wakamatsu's headshot

Takeshi Wakamatsu

Akira
Keiko Niitaka's headshot

Keiko Niitaka

Mother
Jūzō Itami's headshot

Jūzō Itami

Principal / Priest / Old man
Miho Fukuya's headshot

Miho Fukuya

Girl
Ryoko Kinoyama's headshot

Ryoko Kinoyama

Akiko Suetsugu's headshot

Akiko Suetsugu

Yoko Ran's headshot

Yoko Ran

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