The Insect Woman

Name: The Insect Woman
Uploaded: 1963-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 123 min
Description: 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.

7.40
January 1963
123 min

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.

Type:
MOVIE
Country:
JP
Genres:
Drama
Release:
November 1963
Production:
Nikkatsu Corporation
Cast:
Sachiko Hidari, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Shoichi Ozawa, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kayoko Honoo, Masumi Harukawa, Emiko Aizawa, Emiko Higashi, Daizaburo Hirata, Seizaburō Kawazu, Teruko Kishi, Tanie Kitabayashi, Kazuo Kitamura, Masakazu Kuwayama, Sumie Sasaki, Taiji Tonoyama, Asao Koike, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Tags:
adultery, japan, prostitute, buddhism, parent child relationship, confession, brothel, pregnancy, greed, commune, cynicism, family relationships, poverty, prostitution, lust, freeze frame, incest, starvation, prostitution ring, 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1910s, 1930s, serf, spanning generations, breastfeeding, abusive stepfather, political allegory, taisho

The Insect Woman

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