Grass Labyrinth

Grass Labyrinth (草迷宮) is a Japanese film directed by Shūji Terayama which was released in France in 1979 and in Japan in 1983.

Plot
A surreal excursion into a young man's subconscious as he searches for the words to a tune that his mother may have sung to him as a child. The dreamlike images culminate in a scene of a girl's naked body covered with calligraphic characters.

Cast

 * Hiroshi Mikami as Akira (as a boy)
 * Takeshi Wakamatsu as Akira (as a man)
 * Keiko Niitaka as Mother
 * Juzo Itami as Principal / Priest / Old man
 * Miho Fukuya as Girl
 * Masaharu Satō

Release
Grass Labyrinth was originally one of the installments in a French movie package called Private Collections, the other two sections being directed by Walerian Borowczyk and Just Jaeckin, both associated with avant-garde films with strong sexual content. Grass Labyrinth was the longest of the three and was later (1983) released as a separate film in Japan.

Awards and nominations
8th Hochi Film Award
 * Won: Best Actor – Juzo Itami