Caterpillar (2010)

Directed by: Kōji Wakamatsu
Produced by: Takafumi Ohigata
Written by: Hisako Kurosawa, Masao Adachi
Cast:
Shinobu Terajima as Shigeko Kurokawa
Keigo Kasuya as Tadashi Kurokawa
Sabu Kawahara as The Village Chief
Go Jibiki as Military officer #1
Arata as Military officer #2
Katsuyuki Shinohara as Kuma
Daisuke Iijima as Commander
Ichirō Ogura as Announcer
Sanshirō Kobayashi as Village man #1
Mariko Terada as Chinese woman #2
Ken Furusawa

Cinematography: Yoshihisa Toda, Tomohiko Tsuji
Editing by Shuichi Kakesu
Release dates: 15 February 2010 (Berlinale), 14 August 2010 (Japan)
Running time 85 minutes
Country Japan - Language Japanese

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 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 fulfilling her duty and taking care of the 'god soldier'...