Iron Maze

Iron Maze
Directed byHiroaki Yoshida
Screenplay byTim Metcalfe
Story by
  • Hiroaki Yoshida
  • Tim Metcalfe
Based on
In a Grove
by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Starring
CinematographyMorio Saegusa
Edited byBonnie Koehler
Production
companies
J&M Entertainment, Kitty Films, TYO Productions
Release date
  • October 10, 1991 (1991-10-10)
Running time
104 minutes
CountriesJapan, United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9 million[1]

Iron Maze is a 1991 Japanese and American film directed by Hiroaki Yoshida and executive produced by Oliver Stone, starring Jeff Fahey, Bridget Fonda, Hiroaki Murakami, and J.T. Walsh.

Based on Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's story In a Grove (the same short story that was used for Kurosawa's Rashomon), this contemporary re-telling shifts the action to a Pennsylvania 'Rust Belt' town.[2][3]

Plot

The son of a Japanese billionaire is injured in an abandoned steel mill he bought in a Pennsylvania town. The police discover it might not be an accident when they start questioning the people in the town.

Cast

Reception

Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called it "Rashomon in the Rust Belt".[4] Vincent Canby of The New York Times said it was a "leading entry in the looniest movie of the year sweepstakes."[5]

References

  1. ^ "J&M, Col Get Rights To Pressman Pix". Daily Variety. May 14, 1990. p. 6.
  2. ^ "Iron Maze". Time Out Worldwide. September 10, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "Iron Maze (1991)". BFI. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  4. ^ Kevin Thomas (November 1, 1991). "MOVIE REVIEW : 'Iron Maze': 'Rashomon' in the Rust Belt". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  5. ^ Canby, Vincent (November 1, 1991). "Review/Film; Flashbacks Proliferate. Also Murk. (Published 1991)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 16, 2021.

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