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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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      Shoichi Ozawa

      Ken

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      Hiroyuki Nagato

      Matsunami

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      Kayoko Honoo

      Miyako

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      Masumi Harukawa

      Midori

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      Emiko Aizawa

      Rui

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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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      Sumie Sasaki

      En

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      Taiji Tonoyama

      Foreman

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      Asao Koike

      Sawakichi

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      Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

      Honda

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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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
    • starvation
    • prostitution ring
    • 1920s
    • 1940s
    • 1950s
    • 1960s
    • 1910s
    • 1930s
    • serf
    • spanning generations
    • breastfeeding
    • abusive stepfather
    • political allegory
    • taisho period