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Labyrinth of Cinema (2020)
Directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
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The only movie theater on the Onomichi seafront is about to close its doors. Its last night of screenings will be an all-night marathon of Japanese war films. When lightning strikes the theater, three young men in the audience find themselves thrown back in time into the world inside the screen.
Length 179 minutes
Actors
Takuro Atsuki | Takahito Hosoyamada | Yoshihiko Hosoda | Rei Yoshida | Riko Narumi | Hirona Yamazaki | Takako Tokiwa | Yukihiro Takahashi | Nenji Kobayashi | Tetsuya Takeda | Takehiro Murata | Gorô Inagaki | Tadanobu Asano | Hiroyuki Watanabe | Tsurutaro Kataoka | Kiyotaka Nanbara | Tôru Shinagawa | Wakaba Irie | Ayumi Ito | Saki Terashima | Toshinori Omi | Tokio Emoto | Yoshikazu Ebisu | Toshie Negishi | Eri Watanabe | Mickey Curtis | Makoto Tezuka | Isshin Inudô | Hoshi Goki | Hiroto Kanai | Soujiro Hongo | Maiko Kawakami | Yoshiyuki Omori | Yasumasa Oba | Keishi Nagatsuka | Shinnosuke Mitsushima | Shunsuke Kubozuka | Yuri Nakae | Kayoko Shiraishi | Takashi Sasano | Hiroshi Inuzuka | Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/30/2020 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Celebration and examination of Japanese film, more specifically how war has been depicted from feudal Japan to the Pacific theater, and what it has meant to the legacy of Japan. That’s this movie in its most simplest reading but there’s so much more. It’s a 3 hour epic that requires another viewing to absorb it all. Maybe multiple views.
My plan was to view it again but it’s not easy to fit in a 3 hour film with other things on the calendar. Also need to let this one sit for a while because there is so much to take in and process. I believe the main takeaway is to learn from history and avoid repeating the mistakes that caused awful tragedies. I really like how Chuya Nakahara’s poetry is incorporated into the narrative.
This is the movie that pushed me over into getting a bundle at JAPAN CUTS. When I initially saw that they were getting Obayashi’s last movie I was just gonna rent that title. But after reviewing the program I decided to gift myself a bundle. Overall it’s been nice and very much like going to a Japan-centric indie festival.
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