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.
- Directed by
- Shōhei Imamura
- Starring
- Sachiko Hidari, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Shoichi Ozawa
- Music
- Toshirō Mayuzumi
- Released
- 1963-11-16
- Original title
- にっぽん昆虫記
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Cast
Sachiko HidariTome Matsuki
Jitsuko YoshimuraNobuko
Shoichi OzawaKen
Hiroyuki NagatoMatsunami
Kayoko HonooMiyako
Masumi HarukawaMidori
Daizaburo HirataKamibayashi
Seizaburō KawazuKarasawa
Teruko KishiRin
Tanie KitabayashiMadam
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