Caterpillar (2010-Japan)
From AsianWiki
-p1.jpg)
Contents |
User Rating
Current user rating: 77/100 (7 votes)
Profile
- 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
Plot
"Caterpillar" revolves around an amputee war veteran and his sadistic wife.
Notes
- Based on a short story by Rampo Edogawa.
- For the movie adaptation, the time setting has been changed to the World War II era.
Cast
Trailer
Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Film Festivals
- 2010 (60th) Berlin International Film Festival - February 11-21, 2010 - Competition
- 2010 (34th) Hong Kong International Film Festival - March 21-April 6, 2010 - Master Class
- 2010 (11th) Jeonju International Film Festival - April 29-May 7, 2010 - Cinemascape: Feature Films
- 2010 (34th) Montreal World Film Festival - Aug. 26-Sept. 6, 2010 - Out of Competition
- 2010 (12th) Mumbai Film Festival - October 21-28, 2010 - World Cinema
- 2010 (34th) Sao Paulo International Film Festival - October 22-November 4, 2010
- 2010 (21st) Stockholm International Film Festival - October 21-28, 2010 - Asian Images *Nordic Premiere
- 2011 (6th) Osaka Asian Film Festival - March 5-13, 2011 - Osaka Cinema Festival 2011
- 2011 (13th) Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema - April 6-17, 2011 - Panorama: Careers
Awards
- 2010 (60th) Berlin International Film Festival - February 11th-21th
- "Silver Bear for Best Actress" (Shinobu Terajima)
- 2010 (4th) Asia Pacific Screen Awards - December 2
- "Screen International Jury Grand Prize" (Shinobu Terajima)
- 2010 (53rd) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 15, 2011
- "Best Actress" (Shinobu Terajima)
kj Says:
Apr 22 2012 5:05 pm
I must disagree with the plot as described. This is not the story of a war amputee and his sadistic wife. She is far from sadistic. It seems that the war amputee was the sadistic one, prior to leaving to fight in the war. He regularly beat and berated his wife for her (apparent) barrenness and inability to bring him a son. When he returns home as an amputee with no hearing and no speech, his wife dutifully attends to him, even though he shows little appreciation for her dedicated care. His main concerns are getting fed and getting sex. Even in his own degraded condition, he manages to berate his wife. Eventually, though, his own memories infiltrate and he is haunted by his horrible, sadistic deeds, performed while in the duty of the Japanese military.