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12 November 1983 (Japan)
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A Bizarre Tale of Youth
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(Credited cast) | Hiroshi Mikami | ... | Akira as a boy |
| Takeshi Wakamatsu | ... | Akira as a man |
| Keiko Niitaka | ... | Mother |
| Juzo Itami | ... | Principal / Priest / Old man |
| Miho Fukuya | ... | Girl |
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| Yoko Ran | ||
| Masaharu Satô | ||
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Grass Labyrinth (USA)
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Edited into Collections privées (1979)
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Shuji Terayama is beginning to become my favorite director. His largely bizarre, avant-garde body of work is exactly what I am drawn towards in the world of cinema. It is a shame that he is ignored while other lackluster films are being shelved out by the freight load.
Grass Labyrinth is a tale of a young man in a rural area of Japan. He lives with his beautiful mother and is chased by a madwoman. The film is completely surreal and may ward off those who demand structured plot and coherence in their movies. If anyone is familiar with the work of Luis Bunuel and Peter Greenaway, you are sure to enjoy Shuji Terayama's oeuvre. The film is mainly a love story between Akira and the madwoman. Akira experiences all the bizarre characters of his hometown and even encounters characters from Terayama's theater troupe. As with most of Terayama's work, the film really pushes the envelope on sexual content. However, the sex is so strange that it really isn't meant for stimulation. Grass Labyrinth is filmed in lush colors on beautiful countryside. Films like these don't come around often, but hopefully some brave production company will release the DVD.