Film · Drama
The Insect Woman (1963)
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.
- Director
- Shōhei Imamura
- Writers
- Shōhei Imamura, Keiji Hasebe
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- November 16, 1963
- Original title
- にっぽん昆虫記
The Insect Woman was released on November 16, 1963. Where to watch in United States: Criterion Channel (subscription).
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The Insect Woman cast
Sachiko HidariTome Matsuki
Jitsuko YoshimuraNobuko
Shoichi OzawaKen
Hiroyuki NagatoMatsunami
Kayoko HonooMiyako
Masumi HarukawaMidori- Emiko AizawaRui
- Emiko HigashiKane
Daizaburo HirataKamibayashi
Seizaburō KawazuKarasawa
Teruko KishiRin
Tanie KitabayashiMadam
Kazuo KitamuraChuji- Masakazu KuwayamaOwagawa En's Lover
Sumie SasakiEn
Taiji TonoyamaForeman
Asao KoikeSawakichi
Shigeru TsuyuguchiHonda
