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The Insect Woman

7.4 123 mins Drama   1963
Nikkatsu Corporation  
Director(s): Shōhei Imamura

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.

Casts of The Insect Woman

Sachiko Hidari

as Tome Matsuki

Jitsuko Yoshimura

as Nobuko

Shoichi Ozawa

as Ken

Hiroyuki Nagato

as Matsunami

Kayoko Honoo

as Miyako

Masumi Harukawa

as Midori

Emiko Aizawa

as Rui

Emiko Higashi

as Kane

Daizaburo Hirata

as Kamibayashi

Seizaburō Kawazu

as Karasawa

Teruko Kishi

as Rin

Kazuo Kitamura

as Chuji

Masakazu Kuwayama

as Owagawa En's Lover

Sumie Sasaki

as En

Taiji Tonoyama

as Foreman

Asao Koike

as Sawakichi

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