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The Insect Woman (1963)
Directed by Shōhei Imamura
“She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.”
Drama · 2h 03m
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.
Cast
Sachiko Hidari
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Shoichi Ozawa
Hiroyuki Nagato
Kayoko Honoo
Masumi Harukawa
Daizaburo Hirata
Seizaburō Kawazu
Teruko Kishi
Tanie Kitabayashi
Crew
- Director
- Shōhei Imamura
- Writer
- Shōhei Imamura, Keiji Hasebe
- Director of Photography
- Shinsaku Himeda
- Original Music Composer
- Toshirō Mayuzumi
- Editor
- Mutsuo Tanji
- Producer
- Jirô Tomoda, Kano Otsuka
Details
- Original title
- にっぽん昆虫記
- Release date
- 1963-11-16
- Runtime
- 2h 03m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Nikkatsu Corporation