Silence Has No Wings

とべない沈黙
1966 100 min Drama

_Koyaanisqatsi_ if butterflies triggered the score. A caterpillar inches across postwar Japan, linking disconnected stories of loss and alienation. The film's episodic structure becomes a subtle commentary on national trauma.

Directed by Kazuo Kuroki · Written by Kazuo Kuroki, Yasuo Matsukawa, Hisaya Iwasa

Starring Mariko Kaga, Hiroyuki Nagato, Shoichi Ozawa, Fumio Watanabe, Kyū Sazanka, Rokkō Toura

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