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Kyatapirâ

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 25m
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6.7/10
1.2K
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Kyatapirâ (2010)
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During the Second Sino-Japanese War, in 1940, Lieutenant Kurokawa returns home as a honored and decorated soldier... but deprived of his arms and legs lost in battle in mainland China. All h... Read allDuring the Second Sino-Japanese War, in 1940, Lieutenant Kurokawa returns home as a honored and decorated soldier... but deprived of his arms and legs lost in battle in mainland China. All hopes, from the village men and women to close family members, turn to Shigeko, the Lieuten... Read allDuring the Second Sino-Japanese War, in 1940, Lieutenant Kurokawa returns home as a honored and decorated soldier... but deprived of his arms and legs lost in battle in mainland China. All hopes, from the village men and women to close family members, turn to Shigeko, the Lieutenant's wife: she must honor the Emperor and the country in setting an example for all by fu... Read all

  • Director
    • Kôji Wakamatsu
  • Writers
    • Hisako Kurosawa
    • Masao Adachi
    • Rampo Edogawa
  • Stars
    • Shinobu Terajima
    • Shima Ohnishi
    • Ken Yoshizawa
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    1.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kôji Wakamatsu
    • Writers
      • Hisako Kurosawa
      • Masao Adachi
      • Rampo Edogawa
    • Stars
      • Shinobu Terajima
      • Shima Ohnishi
      • Ken Yoshizawa
    • 11User reviews
    • 46Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 4 nominations

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    Shinobu Terajima
    Shinobu Terajima
    • Shigeko Kurokawa
    Shima Ohnishi
    • Kiuzo Kurokawa
    Ken Yoshizawa
    • Kenzo Kurokawa
    Keigo Kasuya
    • Tadashi Kurokawa
    Emi Masuda
    • Chiyo Kurokawa
    Sabu Kawahara
    • The Village Chief
    Maki Ishikawa
    • Village chief's wife
    Gô Jibiki
    Gô Jibiki
    • Military officer #1
    Arata Iura
    • Military officer #2
    • (as Arata)
    Katsuyuki Shinohara
    • Kuma
    Daisuke Iijima
    • Commander
    Ichirô Ogura
    • Announcer
    • (voice)
    Sanshirô Kobayashi
    • Village man #1
    Mariko Terada
    • Chinese woman #2
    Ken Furusawa
    Tomori Abe
    • Chinese woman1
    • (as Maria Abe)
    Yasuko Shiba
    • Chinese woman 3
    Ryô Mukuta
    • Japanese soldier
    • Director
      • Kôji Wakamatsu
    • Writers
      • Hisako Kurosawa
      • Masao Adachi
      • Rampo Edogawa
    • All cast & crew
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    • Goofs
      Kurokawa is a 2nd Lieutenant and correctly called such "Shoi" throughout the film, but his uniform consistently displays the rank of a Major or "Shosa". On the lapel insignia, a 2nd Lieutenant would have 2 red strips and one star, not 3 red strips and one star as shown in the film.
    • Soundtracks
      Dead Girl
      Lyrics by Nazim Hikmet

      Composed by Yuzô Koyama

      Produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto

      Sung by Chitose Hajime

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    6/10
    Powerful Performance from Shinobu Terajima
    Koji Wakamatsu's anti-war film Catepillar (2010) is notable for it's strong anti-nationalism stance and Shinobu Terajima's powerful performance as a long suffering wife dealt a poor hand in life (one in which she won an acting award at the Berlin Film Festival). Her husband is returned from war, as a "God of War" with decorations, without limbs, the ability to speak or hear. Her role as a good wife of a soldier of the Emperor's is to take good care of him-a thankless task for a man who only eats, sleeps, and demands sex from his wife. Furthermore, we learn that he was an abusive husband and has committed atrocities in the war in China. Wakamatsu is a member of that older generation and has an ax to grind-one that the nationalists of today wouldn't be so happy about either. It's a difficult film to watch, but perhaps necessary since most of the new generations are unaware or unbelieving of the atrocities committed at war by the Japanese in the name of the emperor due to whitewashing to history textbooks in schools.
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    • Release date
      • May 6, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official site (France)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Caterpillar
    • Production companies
      • Skhole Co.
      • Wakamatsu Production
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $120,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $4,157
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,109
      • May 8, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $251,922
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital

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