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The Insect Woman (1963)

Nov 16, 1963 · 2h 3m

7.2/10 TMDB user score
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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.

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Top cast

  • Sachiko Hidari Sachiko Hidari Tome Matsuki
  • Jitsuko Yoshimura Jitsuko Yoshimura Nobuko
  • Shoichi Ozawa Shoichi Ozawa Ken
  • Hiroyuki Nagato Hiroyuki Nagato Matsunami
  • Kayoko Honoo Kayoko Honoo Miyako
  • Masumi Harukawa Masumi Harukawa Midori
  • Emiko Aizawa Rui
  • Emiko Higashi Kane
  • Daizaburo Hirata Daizaburo Hirata Kamibayashi
  • Seizaburō Kawazu Seizaburō Kawazu Karasawa
  • Teruko Kishi Teruko Kishi Rin
  • Tanie Kitabayashi Tanie Kitabayashi Madam
  • Kazuo Kitamura Kazuo Kitamura Chuji
  • Masakazu Kuwayama Owagawa En's Lover
  • Sumie Sasaki Sumie Sasaki En
  • Taiji Tonoyama Taiji Tonoyama Foreman

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