The Insect Woman
Movie
Type
1963
Year
2h 3m
Runtime
★ 7.5
Rating
Drama
Genre
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
Emiko Aizawa
Rui
Masumi Harukawa
Midori
Sachiko Hidari
Tome Matsuki
Emiko Higashi
Kane
Daizaburo Hirata
Kamibayashi
Seizaburô Kawazu
Karasawa
Teruko Kishi
Rin
Tanie Kitabayashi
Madam
Kazuo Kitamura
Chuji
Masakazu Kuwayama
Owagawa En's Lover
Hiroyuki Nagato
Matsunami
Shoichi Ozawa
Ken