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6.3The 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.
Released: 2010-08-1487 minDir: Kōji WakamatsuDrama, War
Cast
- 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
Themes
- japan
- war crimes
- deaf
- world war ii
- wife beater
- amputee
- post-war chaos period
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 306895
- Official website
- www.wakamatsukoji.org
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- publication date
- 2010-02-15
- title
- キャタピラー
- review score
- 86%
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Connections
Edogawa Ranpo
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World War II
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nationalism
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IMDb
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Yukio Mishima
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war crime
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Second Sino-Japanese War
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domestic violence
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Rotten Tomatoes
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lieutenant
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drama film
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paraphilia
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Golden Bear
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Q13515725
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Japanese war crimes
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women in Japan
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anti-war movement
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Silver Bear for Best Actress
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Il manifesto
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Shinobu Terajima
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Categories
2010 drama films2010 films2010 Japanese films2010 Japanese-language films2010 war drama filmsFilms about amputeesFilms based on short fictionFilms based on works by Edogawa RanpoFilms directed by Kōji WakamatsuFilms set in the 1930sJapanese war drama filmsRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataRotten Tomatoes template using name parameterSecond Sino-Japanese War filmsTemplate film date with 2 release dates