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The Insect Woman
The Insect Woman

The Insect Woman

Drama
1963, JP
2h 3m

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Seizaburō Kawazu

Seizaburō Kawazu

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Daizaburo Hirata

Daizaburo Hirata

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Sachiko Hidari

Sachiko Hidari

Emiko Aizawa

Emiko Aizawa

Masumi Harukawa

Masumi Harukawa

Emiko Higashi

Emiko Higashi

Teruko Kishi

Teruko Kishi

Shōhei Imamura

Shōhei Imamura

Tagline

She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.

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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.

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