Silence Has No Wings
とべない沈黙
1966 · 1h 40m · Drama · Japan
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.
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Kazuo Kuroki6.2Smart score
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