The read
It runs a compact 42m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
35 audience votes
Key crew
- Shūji TerayamaDirector
- Shūji TerayamaScreenplay
- J.A. SeazerOriginal Music Composer
- Rio KishidaScreenplay
Cast
- Hiroshi MikamiYoung Akira
- Takeshi WakamatsuAkira
- Keiko NiitakaMother
- Jūzō ItamiPrincipal / Priest / Old man
- Miho FukuyaGirl
- Ryoko KinoyamaCast
- Akiko SuetsuguCast
- Yoko RanCast
- Yutaka NemotoCast
- Momoko YaguchiCast
- Masaharu SaitoCast
- Hiromi KawaiCast