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The Insect Woman

Shōhei Imamura

1963 • 2h 3m

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 To...

The Insect Woman

Cast

Sachiko Hidari

Sachiko HidariTome Matsuki

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Jitsuko YoshimuraNobuko

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi OzawaKen

Hiroyuki Nagato

Hiroyuki NagatoMatsunami

Kayoko Honoo

Kayoko HonooMiyako

Masumi Harukawa

Masumi HarukawaMidori

Emiko AizawaRui

Emiko HigashiKane

Daizaburo Hirata

Daizaburo HirataKamibayashi

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seizaburō KawazuKarasawa

Teruko Kishi

Teruko KishiRin

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie KitabayashiMadam

Kazuo Kitamura

Kazuo KitamuraChuji

Masakazu KuwayamaOwagawa En's Lover

Sumie Sasaki

Crew

Shōhei Imamura

Shōhei ImamuraDirector

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