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Grass Labyrinth (1979)

Grass Labyrinth poster
Original title
草迷宮
Directed by
Shūji Terayama
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Japan
Runtime
40 min
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man returns to his childhood home and searches for his mother. He remembers fragments of his past through strange encounters and surreal imagery.

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What happens

Grass Labyrinth (草迷宮, Kusa meikyū) is a Japanese film directed by Shūji Terayama which was released in France in 1979 and in Japan in 1983. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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