Labyrinth of Cinema

Name: Labyrinth of Cinema
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, History, Romance, War
Released: October 20, 2021
Duration: 179 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Hirona Yamazaki, Rei Yoshida, Riko Narumi, Shin'nosuke Mitsushima, Tadanobu Asano

2021

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Crescendo House | Release Date: October 20, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Hirona Yamazaki, Rei Yoshida, Riko Narumi, Shin'nosuke Mitsushima, Tadanobu Asano, Takahito Hosoyamada, Takako Tokiwa, Takuro Atsuki, Yoshihiko Hosoda, Yukihiro Takahashi

Summary: Setouchi Kinema, the only movie theater on the Onomichi seafront, is about to close its doors. Its last night of existence will be an all-night marathon screening of Japanese war films. When lightning strikes the theater, three young men in the audience find themselves thrown back in time into the world inside the screen. The trio areSetouchi Kinema, the only movie theater on the Onomichi seafront, is about to close its doors. Its last night of existence will be an all-night marathon screening of Japanese war films. When lightning strikes the theater, three young men in the audience find themselves thrown back in time into the world inside the screen. The trio are thrust into the Boshin War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Battle of Okinawa and then finally Hiroshima on the eve of the atomic bombing. There, they meet the traveling theater troupe “Sakura-tai”. But can they alter the course of destiny to save the troupe? [Crescendo House]… Expand

Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, History, Romance, War

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 179 min

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RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Oct 20, 2021

Labyrinth of Cinema is tremendously affecting, frequently beguiling, usually exhausting, and on, and on, and on. Read full review

The Film Stage Glenn Heath Jr.

Oct 20, 2021

This mammoth final effort by Ôbayashi, an artist who so often destroyed the conventional boundaries of cinematic space in works like 1977’s Hausu, is a completely humbling viewing experience. Read full review

Richard Kuipers

Nov 9, 2021

Opening with a riotous bombardment of sound and image that risks confusing and losing some viewers even as it sends others into rapturous delight, Labyrinth of Cinema then makes sense of the chaos and emerges as a touching plea for peace and an exuberant celebration of the artifice and transformative power of cinema. Read full review

Jenny Nulf

Dec 30, 2021

Labyrinth of Cinema is a chaotic entanglement of ideas and endearing characters, a sweet departure for the luminous artist Ôbayashi was. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Oct 20, 2021

Labyrinth of Cinema is indeed labyrinthine, a maze of jokes, film references, quirky back projections, bargain-basement effects and melodramatic confrontations. But at its centre is something deeply serious: a belief that, as the sole country to have experienced a nuclear strike, Japan has a terrifying exceptionalism. This awful truth is marked by a tonal cymbal-clash, both acidly comic and desperately sad. Read full review

Deborah Young

Oct 20, 2021

More uneven but ultimately more effective than filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi’s previous anti-war film. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Oct 20, 2021

An ambitious, over-reaching film without the budget, polish or will to achieve its aims. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Jun 19, 2021

This was indeed a Labyrinth of Cinema.

What an outstanding piece of experimental filmmaking. The concept, the ideas, the execution, the history, the imagination, the colors. The whole production is a sum of tragicomic surrealism, that embraces a clear love for film, and then tackles theThis was indeed a Labyrinth of Cinema.

What an outstanding piece of experimental filmmaking.

The concept, the ideas, the execution, the history, the imagination, the colors. The whole production is a sum of tragicomic surrealism, that embraces a clear love for film, and then tackles the dark passages of Japan such as World War II and the atomic bomb.

Deceptively simple, but a total delight to digest and unravel.… Expand

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