Characters & Themes
Caterpillar (1988) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1988 · 33 mins
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- Directed by
- Shozin Fukui
- Starring
- Eiko Kogure, Shojin, Katsumi Nishiyama, Takeshi Onizuka, Kazuki Takenaka
The half‑hour experimental work follows director Fukui as he embraces a cyber‑punk aesthetic reminiscent of Tsukamoto, immersing the viewer in bleak industrial locations. It features a malfunctioning cyborg/android and a massive metallic “caterpillar” that ominously stalks the characters, heightening the film’s unsettling atmosphere.
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