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The Insect Woman

She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.

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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.

  • Release date
  • November 16, 1963
  • Runtime
  • 123 min
  • Genres
  • Drama
  • Director
  • Shōhei Imamura

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Cast

Sachiko Hidari photo Sachiko Hidari Tome Matsuki Jitsuko Yoshimura photo Jitsuko Yoshimura Nobuko Shoichi Ozawa photo Shoichi Ozawa Ken Hiroyuki Nagato photo Hiroyuki Nagato Matsunami Kayoko Honoo photo Kayoko Honoo Miyako Masumi Harukawa photo Masumi Harukawa Midori Emiko Aizawa Rui Emiko Higashi Kane

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