Labyrinth of Cinema

Labyrinth of Cinema
Labyrinth of Cinema
	Promotional release poster
Japanese	海辺の映画館キネマの玉手箱
Directed by	Nobuhiko Obayashi
Written by	Nobuhiko Obayashi
Produced by	Nobuhiko Obayashi
Starring	Takuro Atsuki; Takahito Hosoyamada; Yoshihiko Hosoda; Rei Yoshida; Riko Narumi; Hirona Yamazaki; Takako Tokiwa
Edited by	Nobuhiko Obayashi
Release date	November 1, 2019 (Tokyo International Film Festival);
Running time	179 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Labyrinth of Cinema (Japanese: 海辺の映画館キネマの玉手箱) is a 2019 Japanese anti-war fantasy drama film^[2] written, produced, directed and edited by Nobuhiko Obayashi.^[3] It stars Takuro Atsuki, Takahito Hosoyamada, and Yoshihiko Hosoda as three men who enter an old theater in present-day Onomichi, where they find themselves transported back to 1945, just prior to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The film's cast also includes Rei Yoshida, Riko Narumi, Hirona Yamazaki, and Takako Tokiwa.

Labyrinth of Cinema premiered at the 2019 Tokyo International Film Festival.^[3] It is the final feature film that Obayashi directed.

Cast[]

Main

Takuro Atsuki as Mario
Yoshihiko Hosoda as Shigeru
Takahito Hosoyamada as Hosuke
Rei Yoshida as Noriko
Riko Narumi as Kazumi Saitō
Hirona Yamazaki as Kazuko Yoshiyama
Takako Tokiwa as Yuriko Tachibana

Others

Tadanobu Asano as Lt. Sako
Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Kameji
Yukihiro Takahashi as Fanta G
Nenji Kobayashi
Yukihiro Takahashi
Toshinori Omi as Kondō Isami
Yoshikazu Ebisu as Serizawa Kamo
Tetsuya Takeda as Sakamoto Ryōma
Tokio Emoto as Nakaoka Shintarō
Goro Inagaki as Ōkubo Toshimichi
Takehiro Murata as Saigō Takamori
Tsurutaro Kataoka as Sen no Rikyū
Ayumi Ito as Yoshiko Kawashima
Tōru Shinagawa as Miyamoto Musashi
Kiyotaka Nanbara
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Makoto Tezuka as Ozu, a film director
Isshin Inudo as Yamanaka, a film director
Takashi Sasano
Eri Watanabe
Maiko Kawakami
Shunsuke Kubozuka as Sadao Maruyama
Kayoko Shiraishi
Toshie Negishi
Wakaba Irie
Hiroshi Inuzuka

Production[]

In 2016, Nobuhiko Obayashi was diagnosed with stage-four terminal cancer.^[4] Despite this, he wrote and directed Hanagatami (2017),^[2] and decided to start production on Labyrinth of Cinema after Hanagatami was completed. While filming and editing Labyrinth of Cinema, Obayashi was receiving treatment for his cancer.^[2]

Critical reception[]

Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter referred to Labyrinth of Cinema as "Nobuhiko Obayashi's opus", calling it "exuberantly shot" and "imaginatively edited".^[3] Mark Schilling of Variety wrote that the film "has [Obayashi's] characteristic blend of surreal whimsy and heartfelt emotion."^[2]

References[]

^ Schilling, Mark (31 October 2019). "Nobuhiko Obayashi: A life spent working among Japan's movie greats". The Japan Times. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Schilling, Mark (27 October 2019). "Tokyo Film Festival: Nobuhiko Obayashi Re-enters 'Labyrinth of Cinema'". Variety. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Young, Deborah (5 November 2019). "'Labyrinth of Cinema': Film Review | Tokyo 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
^ Haring, Bruce (10 April 2020). "Nobuhiko Obayashi Dies: Influential Japanese Filmmaker Succumbs To Cancer At Age 82". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

External links[]

[1] Schilling, Mark (31 October 2019). "Nobuhiko Obayashi: A life spent working among Japan's movie greats". The Japan Times. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[schilling-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Schilling, Mark (27 October 2019). "Tokyo Film Festival: Nobuhiko Obayashi Re-enters 'Labyrinth of Cinema'". Variety. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[young-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Young, Deborah (5 November 2019). "'Labyrinth of Cinema': Film Review | Tokyo 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[4] Haring, Bruce (10 April 2020). "Nobuhiko Obayashi Dies: Influential Japanese Filmmaker Succumbs To Cancer At Age 82". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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