Movie·1963·2h 3m
The Insect Woman
She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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// overview
The Story
Original title: にっぽん昆虫記
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.
Written By
Keiji Hasebe
Producer
Jirô Tomoda, Kano Otsuka
Cinematography
Shinsaku Himeda
Music
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Editor
Mutsuo Tanji
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Sachiko Hidari
Tome Matsuki
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Nobuko
Shoichi Ozawa
Ken
Hiroyuki Nagato
Matsunami
Kayoko Honoo
Miyako
Masumi Harukawa
Midori
Emiko Aizawa
Rui
Emiko Higashi
Kane
Daizaburo Hirata
Kamibayashi
Seizaburō Kawazu
Karasawa
Teruko Kishi
Rin
Tanie Kitabayashi
Madam
Kazuo Kitamura
Chuji
Masakazu Kuwayama
Owagawa En's Lover
Sumie Sasaki
En
Taiji Tonoyama
Foreman
Asao Koike
Sawakichi
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Honda
// crew
Crew
Shōhei Imamura
Director, Writer
Keiji Hasebe
Writer
Jirô Tomoda
Producer
Kano Otsuka
Producer
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Shinsaku Himeda
Director of Photography
Mutsuo Tanji
Editor
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