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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Silver Bear for Best Actress (2010)
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Nominations
Nominated for the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (2011)
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Based on
Based on The Hornworm
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Hisako KurosawaScreenplay
- Izuru DeguchiScreenplay
- Original title
- キャタピラー
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 14, 2010
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Streaming on
In the United States
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Cast
Shinobu TerajimaShigeko Kurokawa- Keigo KasuyaTadashi Kurokawa
Sabu KawaharaThe Village Chief
Maki IshikawaVillage Chief's Wife
Go JibikiMilitary Officer 1
Arata IuraMilitary Officer 2
Katsuyuki ShinoharaKuma
Daisuke IijimaCommander
Ichirō OguraAnnouncer (voice)
Ken YoshizawaKenzo Kurokawa
Shima OnishiKizuo Kurokawa
Tomori AbeChinese Woman 1- Mariko TeradaChinese Woman 2
- Emi MasudaChiyo Kurokawa
- Sanshirô KobayashiVillage man #1
- Ken Furusawa
- Yasuyo ShibaChinese Woman 3
- Ryô MukutaJapanese Soldier
- TanekoYayoi
- Naoko OrikasaToshiko
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