Grass Labyrinth (草迷宮) 45 years old

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.

Credits

Hiroshi Mikami as Akira as a boy

Juzo Itami as Principal / Priest / Old man

Keiko Niitaka as Mother

Takeshi Wakamatsu as Akira as a man

Miho Fukuya as Girl

Grass Labyrinth Cast

Name	Character
Hiroshi Mikami He was 17, now 61 years old	as Akira as a boy
Juzo Itami He was 46, 64 years old when he died	as Principal / Priest / Old man
Keiko Niitaka She was 45, now 90 years old	as Mother
Takeshi Wakamatsu He was 29, now 73 years old	as Akira as a man
Miho Fukuya She was 13, now 58 years old	as Girl

Grass Labyrinth Crew

Name	Department
Tatsuo Suzuki as Director of Photography. He was 44 (76) years old when He died	Camera
Shuuji Terayama as Director. He was 43 (47) years old when He died	Directing
Shuuji Terayama as Writer. He was 43 (47) years old when He died	Writing
Kyoka Izumi as Original Story. He was 105 (65) years old when He died	Writing
Rio Kishida as Writer. She was 33 (57) years old when She died	Writing
Shinji Sōmai as Assistant Director. He was 30 (53) years old when He died	Directing

Grass Labyrinth (45 years)

Release day: Monday, January 01, 1979
Runtime: 41 minutes