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The Insect Woman( 1963)

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She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Sachiko Hidari

      Tome Matsuki

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      Jitsuko Yoshimura

      Nobuko

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      Emiko Aizawa

      Rui

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      Masumi Harukawa

      Midori

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      Emiko Higashi

      Kane

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      Daizaburo Hirata

      Kamibayashi

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      Seizaburō Kawazu

      Karasawa

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      Teruko Kishi

      Rin

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      Tanie Kitabayashi

      Madam

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      Kazuo Kitamura

      Chuji

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      Masakazu Kuwayama

      Owagawa En's Lover

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      Hiroyuki Nagato

      Matsunami

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      Shoichi Ozawa

      Ken

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      Sumie Sasaki

      En

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      Taiji Tonoyama

      Foreman

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      Asao Koike

      Sawakichi

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      Kayoko Honoo

      Miyako

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      Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

      Honda

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • adultery
    • japan
    • prostitute
    • buddhism
    • parent child relationship
    • confession
    • brothel
    • pregnancy
    • greed
    • commune
    • cynicism
    • family relationships
    • poverty
    • prostitution
    • lust
    • freeze frame
    • incest
    • semi-documentary
    • pink film
    • starvation
    • prostitution ring
    • 1920s
    • 1940s
    • 1950s
    • 1960s
    • 1910s
    • 1930s
    • serf
    • spanning generations
    • breastfeeding
    • abusive stepfather
    • political allegory