The title suggests the possibility of movement, but the character doesn’t. Staged within a Japanese home in the post-war era, Caterpillar becomes a narrative game of power play between genders. It challenges status and hierarchy with a massive tinge of political significance. The subtle power play between the two lead characters engages the audience to actively participate in the search of knowing who is the lord that controls morality.
A soldier without limbs. A wife whose husband depends on her. Both characters bring provocative sexual matter onto the table. The film does not compromise, deliberately showing what needs to be seen, transcending the institutionalized violence of the Imperial government and Japanese society.
Caterpillar is the perfect closing film, offers a contemporary perspective towards gruesomeness and eroticism, shocking the audience with its brilliant use of montage and documentary elements.
Perspectives Film Festival 2011 presents a film from Japan, ‘Caterpillar’ by Koji Wakamatsu.
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