It seems Wakamatsu held some of his best for last, since after the epic “United Red Army”, he came up with another great movie, two years before his death. “Caterpillar” was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin Film Festival, where Shinobu Terajima received the Silver Bear for Best Actress.
The script is partially based on the homonymous, banned, 1929 short-story by Edokawa Rampo and takes place in the end of 1930s, just before the Second Sino-Japanese war and the beginning of WW2. Lieutenant Kyuzo Kurokawa returns to his home village, completely limbless, with no hearing, and with extensive burns covering half the right side of his head. At the same time, he is highly decorated with three medals and carries the title of “God of War”. His relatives are all stupefied by his condition, but quite hypocritically, try to convince his wife, Shigeko, that it...
The script is partially based on the homonymous, banned, 1929 short-story by Edokawa Rampo and takes place in the end of 1930s, just before the Second Sino-Japanese war and the beginning of WW2. Lieutenant Kyuzo Kurokawa returns to his home village, completely limbless, with no hearing, and with extensive burns covering half the right side of his head. At the same time, he is highly decorated with three medals and carries the title of “God of War”. His relatives are all stupefied by his condition, but quite hypocritically, try to convince his wife, Shigeko, that it...
- 3/31/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Although it might seem the amount of family drama would result in a certain over-saturation of the market, the sub-genres tendency to touch upon issues of personal as well as national identity along with a wide range of social themes, make the family unit one of the most lasting metaphors of our time. Within the last couple of years, international audiences have seen the various facets of said metaphor, for example, in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s highly successful “Shoplifters”, which also shed a light to the “invisible” members of our society and their problems. In that regard, Michio Koshikawa’s feature “After the Sunset” has to be seen in a similar light, as the story of the film deals with family issues, while its themes of identity may reflect a much wider search for identity and the re-affirmation of the concept of home.
“After the Sunset” is screening at Nippon Connection...
“After the Sunset” is screening at Nippon Connection...
- 6/17/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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