飼育 [Shiiku / The Catch] (Nagisa Ōshima, 1961)

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飼育 (1961)

An altar with two rotund, smiling stone statues – possibly Jizō, a bowl of rice with chopsticks stuck into it, and a Japanese soldier's photograph. The position of the chopsticks tells us that the soldier has died. DP: Yoshitsugu Tonegawa.