Caterpillar

Caterpillar

2010 · 87 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama, War

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.

Directed by Kōji Wakamatsu · Written by Hisako Kurosawa

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