Imomushi

芋虫
Il bruco
Imo-mushi
La chenille
La oruga
Ranpo no Imomushi
The Caterpillar

Meta

manga
2009

Staff

Rampo Edogawa

Publishers

Description

芋虫 [The Caterpillar], is an adaptation of the 1929 Edogawa Rampo short story of the same name. The Caterpillar is a haunting psychosexual tale of Lt. Sunaga, a disfigured and limbless veteran of WWI who returns home to his young and beautiful wife. Sunaga initially is given a hero's welcome, but is quickly forgotten and shunned because of his injuries. Unable to speak or care for himself, he is completely at the mercy of his wife as she grows to loathe and toy with him.

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