{{Short description|1991 film directed by Hiroaki Yoshida}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Iron Maze | image = Iron Maze 1991 poster.jpg | caption = | director = Hiroaki Yoshida | story = {{Plainlist| * Hiroaki Yoshida * Tim Metcalfe }} | screenplay = Tim Metcalfe | based_on = {{based on|''In a Grove''|Ryūnosuke Akutagawa}} | starring = {{Plainlist| * Jeff Fahey * Bridget Fonda * Hiroaki Murakami * J. T. Walsh }} | cinematography = Morio Saegusa | editing = Bonnie Koehler | studio = J&M Entertainment, Kitty Films, TYO Productions | released = {{Film date|1991|10|10}} | runtime = 104 minutes | country = Japan, United States | language = English | budget = $9 million<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Daily Variety|page=6|title=J&M, Col Get Rights To Pressman Pix|date=May 14, 1990}}</ref> }}
'''''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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iron Maze |url=https://www.timeout.com/movies/iron-maze |access-date=2021-02-16 |website=Time Out Worldwide |date=10 September 2012 }}</ref><ref name="bfi">{{Cite web |title=Iron Maze (1991) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7a4a18e5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504141632/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7a4a18e5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 4, 2019 |access-date=2021-02-16 |website=BFI }}</ref>
== 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 == * Jeff Fahey as Barry Mikowski * Bridget Fonda as Chris Sugita * Hiroaki Murakami as Junichi Sugita * J.T. Walsh as Jack Ruhle * Carmen Filpi as Charlie * Gabriel Damon as Mikey
==Reception== Kevin Thomas of the ''Los Angeles Times'' called it "''Rashomon'' in the Rust Belt".<ref>{{Cite web |date=1991-11-01 |author=Kevin Thomas |title=MOVIE REVIEW : 'Iron Maze': 'Rashomon' in the Rust Belt |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-01-ca-468-story.html |access-date=2021-02-16|website=Los Angeles Times }}</ref> Vincent Canby of ''The New York Times'' said it was a "leading entry in the looniest movie of the year sweepstakes."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |date=1991-11-01 |title=Review/Film; Flashbacks Proliferate. Also Murk. (Published 1991) |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/01/movies/review-film-flashbacks-proliferate-also-murk.html |access-date=2021-02-16 |issn=0362-4331 }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0102128}}
Category:1991 films Category:1991 thriller films Category:American thriller films Category:English-language Japanese films Category:Films based on works by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Category:Japanese thriller films Category:1991 English-language films Category:1991 American films Category:1991 Japanese films Category:English-language thriller films