Grass Labyrinth
1979 · 42 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 789 VOTES · DIR. Shūji Terayama
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 257 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:19 written and directed by Shuji TERAYAMA
00:01:33 he asked me if I knew the lyrics of the handball song.
00:02:15 I have no mother.
00:02:47 She sent me a lot of love poems.
00:03:34 Who did I buy it for?
00:05:49 Who are you?
00:08:38 through the labyrinth in the field
00:10:22 You...
00:11:05 praying to the wicked Bull.
00:11:59 tries to take me away...
00:13:10 Why do you ask me that question?
00:14:45 You are not my son, anymore.
00:16:13 Whom
00:17:15 In any case, like a bird in a cage.
00:17:44 a naval officer. No one saw him.
00:22:10 Impossible!
00:23:30 Shut up.
00:24:09 I made them up.
00:25:45 Where did Oharu
00:29:03 That looks like a hand ball.
00:29:40 "but give me a woman,"
00:37:38 Where shall we sleep
00:38:23 I want to hear the handball song.
00:40:01 production: FILMS DU JEUDI
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed257
Dialogue density6.1 lines / min
First line00:00:19
Final line00:40:01
Production Record
DirectorShūji Terayama
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes789