The Insect Woman (1963)
1963 · Feature film · 123 min · dir. Shohei Imamura
She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.
- Drama
Synopsis
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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Details
- Director
- Shohei Imamura
- Writer
- Shōhei Imamura
- Composer
- Toshirō Mayuzumi
- Cinematography
- Shinsaku Himeda
- Studio
- Nikkatsu Corporation
- Released
- 1963-11-16
- Original title
- にっぽん昆虫記
- Running time
- 123 minutes
Cast & crew
Shohei Imamura Director
Taiji Tonoyama
Masumi Harukawa
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Tanie Kitabayashi
Shoichi Ozawa
Hiroyuki Nagato
Sachiko Hidari
