Fresh
The husband may look like a caterpillar, but it's the wife who goes through a transformation.
Mike Hale, New York Times
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.
Director and cast
- Kōji Wakamatsu Director
- Shinobu Terajima as Shigeko Kurokawa
- Keigo Kasuya as Tadashi Kurokawa
- Sabu Kawahara as The Village Chief
- Maki Ishikawa as Village Chief's Wife
- Go Jibiki as Military Officer 1
- Arata Iura as Military Officer 2
- Katsuyuki Shinohara as Kuma
- Daisuke Iijima as Commander
- Ichirō Ogura as Announcer (voice)
- Ken Yoshizawa as Kenzo Kurokawa
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
"Caterpillar" is difficult to watch. But it's directed, acted and photographed well, and it's worth seeing even if it makes you uncomfortable.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh
Blends a B-movie aesthetic, brilliant use of montage and documentary elements and a scathing critique of nationalism and militarism.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Fresh
Might be read as a reaction to hawkish nationalism, but it's more a cry for the unknown soldier in the kitchen and bedroom.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Fresh
Legendary Japanese softcore auteur Koji Wakamatsu channels Samuel Fuller for a twisted domestic-drama-cum-psychosexual-evisceration of Japan's fascist past.
Eric Hynes, Village Voice
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