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.
Directed by: Kazuo Kuroki
Written by: Kazuo Kuroki, Yasuo Matsukawa, Hisaya Iwasa
Music by: Teizō Matsumura
Starring: Mariko Kaga, Hiroyuki Nagato, Shoichi Ozawa, Fumio Watanabe, Kyū Sazanka, Rokkō Toura, Toshie Kimura, Yukio Ninagawa, Masahiko Naruse, Hōsei Komatsu
Genre: Drama
Released: 1966-02-11
Runtime: 100 minutes
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