The Insect Woman

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

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.

CastCrewDetailsGenres

Sachiko HidariTome Matsuki

Jitsuko YoshimuraNobuko

Shoichi OzawaKen

Hiroyuki NagatoMatsunami

Kayoko HonooMiyako

Masumi HarukawaMidori

EEmiko AizawaRui

EEmiko HigashiKane

Daizaburo HirataKamibayashi

Seizaburō KawazuKarasawa

Teruko KishiRin

Tanie KitabayashiMadam

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