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Grass Labyrinth
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Wikipedia article
is a Japanese film directed by Shji Terayama which was released in France in 1979 and in Japan in 1983.
Plot
A surreal excursion into a young man's subconscious as he searches for the words to a tune that his mother may have sung to him as a child. The dreamlike images culminate in a scene of a girl's naked body covered with calligraphic characters.
Cast
*Hiroshi Mikami as Akira (as a boy)
*Takeshi Wakamatsu as Akira (as a man)
*Keiko Niitaka as Mother
*Juzo Itami as Principal / Priest / Old man
*Miho Fukuya as Girl
*Masaharu Sat
Release
'Grass Labyrinth' was originally one of the installments in a French movie package called 'Private Collections', the other two sections being directed by Walerian Borowczyk and Just Jaeckin, both associated with avant-garde films with strong sexual content. 'Grass Labyrinth' was the longest of the three and was later (1983) released as a separate film in Japan.
Awards and nominations
'8th Hochi Film Award'
* 'Won': Best Actor - Juzo Itami
References
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