Movie

The Insect Woman

1963★ 7.2

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.

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Cast

Sachiko HidariTome Matsuki
Jitsuko YoshimuraNobuko
Shoichi OzawaKen
Hiroyuki NagatoMatsunami
Kayoko HonooMiyako
Masumi HarukawaMidori
Emiko AizawaRui
Emiko HigashiKane
Daizaburo HirataKamibayashi
Seizaburō KawazuKarasawa
Teruko KishiRin
Tanie KitabayashiMadam

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