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The final film by Nobuhiko Obayashi finds the late director returning to the subject of Japan’s history of warfare following the completion of his “War Trilogy,” which ended with Hanagatami. On the last night of its existence, a small movie theater in Onomichi—the seaside town of Obayashi’s youth where he shot nearly a dozen films—screens an all-night marathon of Japanese war films. When lightning strikes the theater, three young men are transported into the world onscreen where they experience the violent battles of several wars leading up to the bombing of Hiroshima. A breathless cinematic journey through Japan’s past, Labyrinth of Cinema finds Obayashi using every trick in his book to create an awe-inspiring, visually resplendent anti-war epic that urges us to consider cinema as a means to change history. The culmination of an exceptional 60-year career worth celebrating.
Original Release
07/31/2020
US Release
10/20/2021
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tadanobu Asano | Lt. Sako / Sako |
Takuro Atsuki | Mario / Mario Baba |
Mickey Curtis | |
Tokio Emoto | Shintaro Nakaoka |
Yoshihiko Hosoda | Shigeru / Dugout |
Takahito Hosoyamada | Hosuke / Torihosuke |
Gorô Inagaki | Toshimichi Okubo |
Hiroto Kanai | Beppu Shinsuke |
Nenji Kobayashi | Kizuma |
Shinnosuke Mitsushima | Kameji / Kameshiro Kamiji |
Directors
Writers
Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Kazuya Konaka, Tadashi Naitô
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tadanobu Asano | Lt. Sako / Sako |
Takuro Atsuki | Mario / Mario Baba |
Mickey Curtis | |
Tokio Emoto | Shintaro Nakaoka |
Yoshihiko Hosoda | Shigeru / Dugout |
Takahito Hosoyamada | Hosuke / Torihosuke |
Gorô Inagaki | Toshimichi Okubo |
Hiroto Kanai | Beppu Shinsuke |
Nenji Kobayashi | Kizuma |
Shinnosuke Mitsushima | Kameji / Kameshiro Kamiji |
Takehiro Murata | Saigo Takamori |
Riko Narumi | Kazumi / Kazumi Saito |
Takashi Sasano | Kaya's Boss / Conductor / Sokoban A |
Tôru Shinagawa | Musashi Miyamoto / Miyamoto Musashi |
Yukihiro Takahashi | Fanta G / Grandpa / Fanta |
Takako Tokiwa | Keiko / Yuriko Tachibana |
Hiroyuki Watanabe | Fukao Asano |
Hirona Yamazaki | Kaya / Kazuko Yoshiyama |
Rei Yoshida | Noriko |
Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | The Mysterious Old Pianist / The Director John |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Producer |
Kazuyoshi Okuyama | Producer |
Kyôko Ôbayashi | Producer |