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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Cast

Mariko Kaga

Hiroyuki Nagato

Shoichi Ozawa

Fumio Watanabe

Kyū Sazanka

Rokkō Toura

Toshie Kimura

Yukio Ninagawa

Hōsei Komatsu

Kunie Tanaka

Takeshi Kusaka

Kazuhiko Kasai