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Caterpillar (キャタピラー, Kyatapirā) is a 2010 Japanese drama film directed by Kōji Wakamatsu, partially drawn from Edogawa Ranpo's banned short-story "The Caterpillar" (芋虫, Imomushi, 1929).

The film is a critique of the right-wing militarist nationalism that guided Japan's conduct in Asia during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. The film deals with various issues, such as war crimes, handicapped veterans, and spousal abuse. The film also deals with themes of sexual perversion and features graphic sex scenes.

In the movie scene of Caterpillar 2010, A man at the back on left is serious, standing, hands on his side, has black hair wearing a brown long sleeve soldier uniform, next to him is Shinobu Terajima standing while her hands holding her brown apron, has black hair wearing brown clothes and black pants, On the ground, Ken Yoshizawa (left) is sad, with both hands on his knee, kneeling, has white hair, mustache, and beard wearing a brown long uniform, Next to him is Emi Masuda (right), sad, looking down both hands on her lap while on her knees, has black hair wearing brown clothes white apron with dots and checkered pants, In front of them is Keigo Kasuya who is serious, lying on his bed covered in a bed sheet, has black hair and is wearing a white shirt.

It was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. Shinobu Terajima received the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival for her portrayal of Kurokawa's wife.

In the movie scene of Caterpillar 2010, from left is Keigo Kasuya, shocked with his mouth open while sitting on the bed, has burnt face from right ears to his forehead and has black hair wearing white shirt, at the right is Shinobu Terajima surprised, looking above at her right side, mouth half open sitting while feeding Keigo Kasuya with her right hand holding a spoon and left hand with a miso cup, has long black hair wearing a black and white checkered long sleeve clothes.

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Plot

In the movie scene of Caterpillar 2010, Shinobu Terajima is on top of Keigo Kasuya with her both of her hands on the bed, kneeling has black hair wearing a black and white checkered long sleeve on top, at the bottom is Keigo kasuya, lying on the bed with a pillow looking at Shinobu Terajima above him, has burnt face black hair and no limbs wearing a white shirt.

The film is set in the late 1930s, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In the first scene, Lieutenant Kurokawa scourges, rapes and disembowels Chinese people during the war. Later, he returns home as a war hero, but with a horribly mutilated body. He is alive but reduced to a torso (no limbs), deaf and mute, with burns covering half of his face, but with three medals on his chest. Despite his condition, he is still constantly eager for sex, which he performs acrobatically with his wife. The sexual acts are rough and are imposed on his wife, who is repelled by him, but who nevertheless feels a duty to take care of him. The film concludes with the disabled veteran Kurokawa committing suicide by dragging himself into a pond outside his home.

Cast

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Shinobu Terajima as Shigeko Kurokawa

Keigo Kasuya as Tadashi Kurokawa

Sabu Kawahara as The Village Chief

Go Jibiki as Military officer #1

Arata as Military officer #2

Katsuyuki Shinohara as Kuma

Daisuke Iijima as Commander

Ichirō Ogura as Announcer

Sanshirō Kobayashi as Village man #1

Mariko Terada as Chinese woman #2

Ken Furusawa

Themes

In the movie scene of Caterpillar 2010, Shinobu Terajima is on top of Keigo Kasuya with her both hand on floor kneeling has black hair wearing a white clothes on top, at the bottom is Keigo kasuya, lying on the bed looking at Shinobu Terajima above him, has burnt face black hair and no limbs wearing a white shirt.

Wakamatsu's film is part of a recent Japanese trend seen in fashion, cartoons and videogames that question the country's past. The film is the political response to and criticism of Yukio Mishima's short film Patriotism. Caterpillar criticizes Japanese militarism, satirically deploys Japanese propaganda, and significantly politicizes and humanizes Edogawa Rampo's 1929 banned short-story. The film demystifies the glorification of war, which is used to hide war's grim reality. It also depicts the unfair demands placed on Japanese women, during war and peacetime.

Reception

The film received a 91% rating on film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. It grossed $4,157 at the domestic box office and $247,765 at the foreign box office for a combined Worldwide total of $251,922.

Awards

It was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. Shinobu Terajima received the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival for her portrayal of Kurokawa's wife.

References

Caterpillar (2010 film) Wikipedia

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