An adaptation of Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe's unsettling and politically trenchant fable, Nagisa Ōshima's The Catch tells the story of an African-American pilot captured by the inhabitants of a remote mountain village in the final days of WWII.

12-year-old best friends Ish and Maram wrestle to hold on to their friendship in the wake of a police stop and search. As the ripples take hold, the boys try to make sense of the men they are becoming – and how ‘letting go’ can be the hardest part of growing up.