The Insect Woman
Updated:
18 Jul 2022
Directors:
Shōhei Imamura
Shōhei Imamura
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Shinsaku Himeda
Keiji Hasebe
Kimihiko Nakamura
Mutsuo Tanji
Tadahiko Isomi
Jirô Tomoda
Tsuneo Furuyama
Kano Ôtsuka
Masanori Yamanoi
Actors:
Emiko Aizawa
Masumi Harukawa
Sachiko Hidari
Emiko Higashi
Daizaburo Hirata
Seizaburô Kawazu
Teruko Kishi
Tanie Kitabayashi
Kazuo Kitamura
Masakazu Kuwayama
Hiroyuki Nagato
Shoichi Ozawa
Sumie Sasaki
Taiji Tonoyama
Asao Koike
Kayoko Honoo
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Genre:
Drama
Country:
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Year:
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.