After the fall of the Imperial house of the peacock, Poe and the five must go at the top of the falling tower to find the exit just as in The Cat Returns when Haru must climb the tower to go out of the cat's kingdom.
Several shots of the labyrinth near the end of the film resemble shots from Labyrinth. The moving walls (strapped to cats) also bear a striking resemblance to tricks in Labyrinth.