The Insect Woman (1963)
- Original title:
- にっぽん昆虫記
- Directors:
- Shôhei Imamura
- Producers:
- Jirô Tomoda, Kazu Ôtsuka
- Cast:
- Emiko Aizawa, Masumi Harukawa, Sachiko Hidari, Emiko Higashi, Daizaburo Hirata, Seizaburô Kawazu, Teruko Kishi, Tanie Kitabayashi, Kazuo Kitamura, Masakazu Kuwayama, Hiroyuki Nagato, Shoichi Ozawa, Sumie Sasaki, Taiji Tonoyama, Asao Koike, ... Show all
Movie plot
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.
What is the movie The Insect Woman about?
The Insect Woman is a movie about Domestic Violence, Factory Life, Prostitution, Urbanization and Internal Migration, Incest.
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