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Silence Has No Wings poster

Silence Has No Wings (1966)

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.

Release: 1966-02-11
Runtime: 100 min
Rating: 6.8 / 10
Cast
Mariko Kaga
Mariko Kaga
Hiroyuki Nagato
Hiroyuki Nagato
Shoichi Ozawa
Shoichi Ozawa
Fumio Watanabe
Fumio Watanabe
Kyū Sazanka
Kyū Sazanka
Rokkō Toura
Rokkō Toura
Toshie Kimura
Toshie Kimura
Yukio Ninagawa
Yukio Ninagawa
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Masahiko Naruse
Hōsei Komatsu
Hōsei Komatsu
Kunie Tanaka
Kunie Tanaka
Takeshi Kusaka
Takeshi Kusaka
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Hiroshi Mizushima
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Sumiko Sakamoto
Kazuhiko Kasai
Kazuhiko Kasai
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Keisuke Tate
Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno
Nobutaka Masutomi
Nobutaka Masutomi