The Insect Woman

にっぽん昆虫記

1963 · 2h 3m · 7.2

Drama

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.

今村昌平

左幸子, 吉村実子, 小沢昭一, 長門裕之, 炎加世子, 春川ますみ, Emiko Aizawa, Emiko Higashi, 平田大三郎, 河津清三郎

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

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