Labyrinth of Cinema
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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 |
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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[]
- 2019 films
- Japanese-language films
- Anti-war films
- Films directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Films about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Films about time travel
- Japanese fantasy drama films
- Japanese films
- Films scored by Kousuke Yamashita