Caterpillar (2010-Japan)

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Movie: Caterpillar
Romaji: 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 Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

"Caterpillar" revolves around an amputee war veteran and his sadistic wife.

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Based on a short story by Rampo Edogawa.
For the movie adaptation, the time setting has been changed to the World War II era.

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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

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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)

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kj 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.

Caterpillar (2010-Japan)

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