The Insect Woman(1963)

🎬123 min
📅1963-11-16
🎭Drama
7.4/10

Overview

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.

Production

Nikkatsu Corporation

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Cast

Sachiko Hidari
as Tome Matsuki
Jitsuko Yoshimura
as Nobuko
Shoichi Ozawa
as Ken
Hiroyuki Nagato
as Matsunami
Kayoko Honoo
as Miyako
Masumi Harukawa
as Midori
Emiko Aizawa
as Rui
Emiko Higashi
as Kane
Daizaburo Hirata
as Kamibayashi
Seizaburō Kawazu
as Karasawa