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Caterpillar

2010 · 87 min

A grim, claustrophobic experience that confronts the viewer with the grotesque aftermath of war and the brutal dynamics of duty and abuse.

Overview
The story of a village woman given the grueling task of looking after (and fulfilling the sexual needs of) her quadruple amputee husband, a Japanese soldier in the Second Sino-Japanese War who has been decreed a "War God" by the Emperor.

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • violence
  • trauma
  • power
  • guilt
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, war
Directed by
Kōji Wakamatsu
Written by
Hisako Kurosawa, Izuru Deguchi
Starring
Shinobu Terajima, Keigo Kasuya, Sabu Kawahara, Maki Ishikawa, Go Jibiki, Arata Iura, Katsuyuki Shinohara, Daisuke Iijima
Cinematography
Tomohiko Tsuji, Yoshihisa Toda
Runtime
87 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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