# Iron Maze

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{{Short description|1991 film directed by Hiroaki Yoshida}}
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{{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](/source/In_a_Grove)''|[Ryūnosuke Akutagawa](/source/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Akutagawa)}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [Jeff Fahey](/source/Jeff_Fahey) 
* [Bridget Fonda](/source/Bridget_Fonda) 
* [Hiroaki Murakami](/source/Hiroaki_Murakami) 
* [J. T. Walsh](/source/J._T._Walsh)
}}
| cinematography = Morio Saegusa 
| editing         = Bonnie Koehler	 
| studio = J&M Entertainment, [Kitty Films](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Oliver_Stone), starring [Jeff Fahey](/source/Jeff_Fahey), [Bridget Fonda](/source/Bridget_Fonda), [Hiroaki Murakami](/source/Hiroaki_Murakami), and [J.T. Walsh](/source/J._T._Walsh).

Based on [Ryūnosuke Akutagawa](/source/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Akutagawa)'s story ''[In a Grove](/source/In_a_Grove)'' (the same short story that was used for [Kurosawa](/source/Akira_Kurosawa)'s ''[Rashomon](/source/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](/source/Jeff_Fahey) as Barry Mikowski
* [Bridget Fonda](/source/Bridget_Fonda) as Chris Sugita
* [Hiroaki Murakami](/source/Hiroaki_Murakami) as Junichi Sugita
* [J.T. Walsh](/source/J._T._Walsh) as Jack Ruhle
* [Carmen Filpi](/source/Carmen_Filpi) as Charlie
* [Gabriel Damon](/source/Gabriel_Damon) as Mikey

==Reception==
Kevin Thomas of the ''[Los Angeles Times](/source/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](/source/Vincent_Canby) of ''[The New York Times](/source/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](/source/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

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