Main Cast: Jeff Fahey, Bridget Fonda, Hiroaki Murakami, J.T. Walsh, Gabriel Damon
Release Year: 1991
Country: US/JP
Run Time: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Iron Maze updates the Akira KurosawaRashomon tale and works it into a story involving the Japanese corporate takeover of a Pennsylvania steel mill. When Junich Sugita (Hiroaki Murakami), the son of a Japanese businessman, is found beaten to death in the steel mill just purchased by the father, the film examines four different points of view as Junich's murder is reconstructed. Barry Mikowski (Jeff Fahey), a steelworker angered by the shutdown of the steel plant, immediately surrenders to local police-chief Jack Ruhle (J.T. Walsh). Barry claims it was self-defense, because Junich attacked him when he found out he was having an affair with his wife Chris (Bridget Fonda). But Chris has her own version of the murder, Junich and Chris's versions are later both heard, and finally a young boy, Mikey (Gabriel Damon), appears with a story of his own that ties up all the loose ends. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Peter Allas - Eddie; John Randolph - Mayor Peluso; Lamont Arnold - Watkins; Steve Aronson - Jo Jo; Michael R. Aubele - Ray; Maria Becoates-Bay - Dispatcher; David W. Butler - Steelworker; Alice Eisner - Neddie; Carmen Filpi - Charlie; Lonzo Green - Norman; Lee Hayes - Nurse; Patricia Hicok - Nurse; Craig Hosking - Helicopter Pilot; J. Michael Hunter - Louis; Mark Lowenthal - Dr. Rathman; Saundra Mason - Nurse; Goh Misawa - Tanazaki; Zachary Mott - Bud; Douglas Pona - Hotel Clerk; Jeffrey J. Stephan - Councilman; Rohn Thomas - Doctor; Francis John Thornton - Womack; Don Wadsworth - Hotel Manager; Dean E. Wells - Bar Player; Laverne M. Yorkgitis - Waitress; Lenora Nemetz - Margie; John Hall - Bar Player
Credit
Gary Kosko - Art Director, Taiichi Inoue - Associate Producer, Janet Yang - Associate Producer, Katsumi Kimura - Co-producer, Hidenori Taga - Co-producer, Susie de Santo - Costume Designer, Hiroaki Yoshida - Director, Bonnie Koehler - Editor, Edward R. Pressman - Executive Producer, Oliver Stone - Executive Producer, Stanley Myers - Composer (Music Score), Toby Corbett - Production Designer, Morio Saequsa - Cinematographer, Ilona Herzberg - Producer, Hidenori Ueki - Producer, Diana Stoughton - Set Designer, Stephen Halbert - Sound/Sound Designer, Hiroaki Yoshida - Screen Story, Tim Metcalfe - Screenwriter, Ryunosuke Akutagawa - Short Story Author
