Silence Has No Wings (1966)
- Original title
- とべない沈黙
- Directed by
- Kazuo Kuroki
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A boy catches a rare butterfly in Nagasaki. Then a caterpillar is passed from person to person on a journey north to Hokkaido. The insect witnesses the lives of people dealing with the aftermath of World War Two.
poeticmelancholicsereneslow-burndreamlikeepisodiccontemplativewistful
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