The Insect Woman (1963)
She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.
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.
Rated
NR
Year
1963
Country
JP
Language
Japanese
Release date
16 November 1963
TMDB
7.2 (79)
CineVerse
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Ratings
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Sachiko Hidari
Tome Matsuki
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Nobuko
Shoichi Ozawa
Ken
Hiroyuki Nagato
Matsunami
Kayoko Honoo
Miyako
Masumi Harukawa
Midori
E
Emiko Aizawa
Rui
E
Emiko Higashi
Kane
Daizaburo Hirata
Kamibayashi
Seizaburō Kawazu
Karasawa
Teruko Kishi
Rin
Tanie Kitabayashi
Madam
Kazuo Kitamura
Chuji
M
Masakazu Kuwayama
Owagawa En's Lover
Sumie Sasaki
En
Taiji Tonoyama
Foreman
Asao Koike
Sawakichi
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Honda
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