Synopsis
After a young boy captures a rare butterfly in Nagasaki, a caterpillar begins a relay-trip toward the northern tip of Hokkaido, serving as a silent witness to a series of vignettes featuring people struggling with the psychological and social scars of post-war Japan.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
19 audience votes
Key crew
- Kazuo KurokiDirector
- Teizō MatsumuraOriginal Music Composer
- Kazuo KurokiScreenplay
- Yasuo MatsukawaScreenplay
- Hisaya IwasaScreenplay
Cast
- Mariko KagaCast
- Hiroyuki NagatoCast
- Shoichi OzawaCast
- Fumio WatanabeCast
- Kyū SazankaCast
- Rokkō TouraCast
- Toshie KimuraCast
- Yukio NinagawaCast
- Masahiko NaruseCast
- Hōsei KomatsuCast
- Kunie TanakaCast
- Takeshi KusakaCast
Stills
Themes
meditationsemi-documentary