The read
A Balasaur Score of 72 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 86%, Metacritic 75/100. Scores higher than 80% of the 6,930 2010s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic75/100
33 audience votes
Key crew
- Kōji WakamatsuDirector
- Hisako KurosawaScreenplay
- Izuru DeguchiScreenplay
Cast
- Shinobu TerajimaShigeko Kurokawa
- Keigo KasuyaTadashi Kurokawa
- Sabu KawaharaThe Village Chief
- Maki IshikawaVillage Chief's Wife
- Go JibikiMilitary Officer 1
- Arata IuraMilitary Officer 2
- Katsuyuki ShinoharaKuma
- Daisuke IijimaCommander
- Ichirō OguraAnnouncer (voice)
- Ken YoshizawaKenzo Kurokawa
- Shima OnishiKizuo Kurokawa
- Tomori AbeChinese Woman 1
