Grass Labyrinth (1979) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1979 · 42 mins · Japanese

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Directed by

Shūji Terayama

Starring

Jûzô Itami, Hiroshi Mikami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Keiko Niitaka, Toshihiko Hino, Akiko Suetsugu

Haunted by a “bouncing ball” lullaby his mother sang in childhood, Akira, on the brink of adult sexuality, seeks its source. He drifts into a temporal warp where memories of his youth blend with his present, entering a surreal never‑land. There he meets a beautiful witch‑like woman lost in her mansion’s maze, mirroring his own wandering through a labyrinth of time and subconscious.