The Insect Woman (1963)
Drama
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
Tome Matsuki
Nobuko
Owagawa En's Lover
Matsunami
Ken
En
Foreman
Sawakichi
Miyako
Honda
Rui
Midori
Kane
Kamibayashi
Karasawa
Rin
Madam
Chuji
Crew
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