Nov 16, 1963
123 min
Full-HD

The Insect Woman (1963)

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Sachiko Hidari

Tome Matsuki

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Nobuko

Shoichi Ozawa

Ken

Hiroyuki Nagato

Matsunami

Kayoko Honoo

Miyako

Masumi Harukawa

Midori

Emiko Aizawa

Rui

Emiko Higashi

Kane

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