The Insect Woman
16/11/1963
2h 3m



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.
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
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