Movie: Movie: Caterpillar
Romaji: Imomushi / Kyatapira
Japanese: キャタピラー
Director: Koji Wakamatsu
Writer: Rampo Edogawa, Hisako Kurosawa, Masao Adachi
Producer: Koji Wakamatsu
Cinematographer: Yoshihisa Toda, Tomohiko Tsuji
Release Date: August 14, 2010
Runtime: 85 min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Cast:
Shinobu Terajima ... Shigeko Kurokawa
Keigo Kasuya ... Tadashi Kurokawa
Emi Masuda ... Chiyo Kurokawa
Sabu Kawahara ... The Village Chief
Maki Ishikawa ... Village chief's wife
Plot:
One of the most critically acclaimed directors from the pink film genre, the legendary Wakamatsu Koji continues his critique of extremist ideologies after United Red Army with Caterpillar, an inflammatory indictment of World War II Japan. Intentionally made as an antithesis to right-wing nationalistic films that glorify wartime Japan (he even intentionally set theatrical release dates around Japan on key WWII anniversaries), Wakamatsu presents an unflinchingly pessimistic portrait of the period through the eyes of a soldier's wife. Dealing with tough issues like war crimes and sexual abuse, Caterpillar is anchored by a daring central performance by Terajima Shinobu (The Fallen Angel). Playing the soldier's wife, Terajima has been widely commended for her performance, winning the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival and the Best Actress prize at the Japan Academy Awards.
After losing his limbs - as well as his hearing and speaking abilities - in World War II, Kyuzo Kurokawa (Shima Onishi) returns home to his long-suffering wife Shigeko (Terajima Shinobu). With her abusive husband revered as a "war god", Shigeko is forced to fulfill her wartime duty by tending to Kyuzo's every need, including sex. As her husband becomes increasingly demanding, Shigeko's resentment for him and her patriotic neighbors also begin to grow as well. Soon, Shigeko learns to express her resentment and rage towards Kyuzo through physical action.
General:
Format.......: Matroska
File Size....: 3588,93 MiB
Duration.....: 1h 27mn
Bitrate......: 5 761 Kbps
Subtitles....: English .SRT, English/Chinese .idx/sub
Source.......: Blu-ray
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Video:
Video Format......: AVC
Video Codec.......: x264 - core 115 r1947+532 361db68
Bitrate...........: 5 198 Kbps
Frame Rate........: 23.976 fps
Aspect Ratio......: 16:9
Resolution........: 1280x720
Audio #1:
Format..........: AC-3
Bitrate.........: 448 Kbps
Channels........: 2 channels
Sampling Rate...: 48.0 KHz
Language........: Japanese
