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Labyrinth of Dreams

1997 · 90 min

A hushed, dreamlike drift through dread and desire, where love and suspicion blur until the air feels quietly poisoned.

Directed by
Gakuryu Ishii
Genres
Mystery, Romance, Drama
Starring
Tadanobu Asano, Rena Komine, Kotomi Kyono
Overview
Tomiko falls in love with Niitaka, even though she also suspects him of being the Tokyo bus driver serial killer, who killed his female conductors after tiring of them.

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Directed by
Gakuryu Ishii
Genres
Mystery, Romance, Drama
Starring
Tadanobu Asano, Rena Komine, Kotomi Kyono
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • love
  • death
  • isolation
  • mystery
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism6
Romance5
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Genres
mystery, romance, drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Tadanobu Asano, Rena Komine, Kotomi Kyono, Tomoka Kurotani, Kirina Mano, Reiko Matsuo, Kyusaku Shimada, Takeshi Ikeda
Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Country
Japan
Languages
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