The Insect Woman
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.
Release Date
November 16, 1963Runtime
123 minRating
NRGenres
DramaDirected by
Shōhei Imamura, Tadahiko IsomiWritten by
Shōhei Imamura, Keiji HasebeLanguage
JapaneseBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released
Cast
Sachiko Hidari
Tome Matsuki
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Nobuko
Masumi Harukawa
Midori
Daizaburo Hirata
Kamibayashi
Seizaburō Kawazu
Karasawa
Teruko Kishi
Rin
Tanie Kitabayashi
Madam
Kazuo Kitamura
Chuji
Hiroyuki Nagato
Matsunami
Shoichi Ozawa
Ken
Sumie Sasaki
En
Taiji Tonoyama
Foreman
Asao Koike
Sawakichi
Kayoko Honoo
Miyako
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
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