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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.

1963 |2h 3m |  Drama

Cast

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Sachiko Hidari

Tome Matsuki

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Jitsuko Yoshimura

Nobuko

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Masumi Harukawa

Midori

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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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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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Status

Released

Language

Japanese

Budget

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