Silence Has No Wings
1966, Japanese. Directed by Kazuo Kuroki.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Details
- Released
- 11 February 1966
- Original title
- とべない沈黙
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kazuo Kuroki, Yasuo Matsukawa, Hisaya Iwasa
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Silence Has No Wings runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Silence Has No Wings isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 February 1966. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Silence Has No Wings?
Silence Has No Wings (1966) was directed by Kazuo Kuroki and stars Mariko Kaga, Hiroyuki Nagato, Shoichi Ozawa.