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The Insect Woman
Release Date: November 16, 1963
| Year | : | 1963 |
| Slogan | : | «She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.» |
| Genres | : | Drama |
| Production Companies | : | Nikkatsu Corporation |
| Director | : | Shōhei Imamura |
| Producers | : | Jirô Tomoda, Kano Ôtsuka, Masanori Yamanoi |
| Writers | : | Shōhei Imamura, Keiji Hasebe |
| RunTime | : | 123 mins. |
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.
Main Actors
Emiko Aizawa
Character : Rui
Masumi Harukawa
Character : Midori
Sachiko Hidari
Character : Tome Matsuki
Emiko Higashi
Character : Kane
Daizaburo Hirata
Character : Kamibayashi
Seizaburō Kawazu
Character : Karasawa
Teruko Kishi
Character : Rin
Tanie Kitabayashi
Character : Madam
Kazuo Kitamura
Character : Chuji
Masakazu Kuwayama
Character : Owagawa En's Lover
Hiroyuki Nagato
Character : Matsunami
Shoichi Ozawa
Character : Ken
Sumie Sasaki
Character : En
Taiji Tonoyama
Character : Foreman
Asao Koike
Character : Sawakichi
Kayoko Honoo
Character : Miyako
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Character : Nobuko
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Character : Honda
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