Caterpillar
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DVD Details
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 17, 2012
- Originally Released: 2010
- Label: Kino Lorber
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Shinobu Terajima | |
Directed by | Koji Wakamatsu | |
Screenwriting by | Hisako Kurosawa |
Entertainment Reviews:
Blends a B-movie aesthetic, brilliant use of montage and documentary elements and a scathing critique of nationalism and militarism.
Salon.com
Rating: 4/5 --
The husband may look like a caterpillar, but it's the wife who goes through a transformation.
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New York Times
Rating: 3/4 --
Aesthetically, emotionally, and intellectually crude, Koji Wakamatsu's brutally effective Caterpillar finds the director making obvious points about Japanese nationalism/militarism and less obvious ones about the sexual dynamic of marriage.
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Slant Magazine
Over-explicit and confused.
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MUBI
Rating: 2.5/4 --
It's difficult not to admire the clarity of his vision, but in the end its over-the-top nature seems to undercut his message.
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From the Front Row
Rating: B+ --
An astonishing performance by Shinobu Terajima anchors this indictment of right-wing Japanese nationalism of the 1940s.
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Compuserve
Rating: 2.5/5 --
Essentially a sexually charged two-hander with blunt allegorical implications, Kôji Wakamatsu's one-note follow-up to United Red Army is a disappointing affair, visually indifferent and thematically simplistic.
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Boxoffice Magazine
Product Description:
The horror of war comes home for one couple in this drama from director Koji Wakamatsu. In 1940, Lt. Kyuzo Kurokawa (Shima Ohnishi) is a soldier in the Japanese army, fighting the Chinese in the second Sino-Japanese War. Kyuzo is a warrior with little sense of restraint or fair play, and when he returns home to his wife, Shigeko (Shinobu Terajima), he's clearly paid a high price for his ferocity -- he's lost both arms and legs, and his face is covered with burns. Shigeko is horrified by what's become of Kyuzo, and at first considers putting him out of his misery, but though he has trouble speaking he's able to express his desire to survive, and she devotes her days to caring for her man. Kyuzo is considered a great hero by most in the community, and Shigeko enjoys the respect and consideration that comes with being the wife of a "war god," but though Kyuzo is dependent on Shigeko for his every need, he shows her little respect and is bitter and demanding. Shigeko's anger and resentment toward Kyuzo grows, and when he begins to object to being displayed in public, Shigeko finds she can no longer control her anger. CATERPILLAR was an official selection at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 107,068
- UPC: 738329077525
- Shipping Weight: 0.16/lbs (approx)
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