The Insect Woman

    The Insect Woman
    1963

    Synopsis

    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
    • Emiko AizawaRui
    • Masumi HarukawaMidori
    • Emiko HigashiKane
    • Daizaburo HirataKamibayashi
    • Seizaburō KawazuKarasawa
    • Teruko KishiRin
    • Tanie KitabayashiMadam
    • Kazuo KitamuraChuji

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