Sachiko HidariTome MatsukiSavaraTV movie
The Insect Woman
She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.
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.
Drama
Starring
Sachiko Hidari, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Shoichi Ozawa
Directed by
Shōhei Imamura
About
The Insect Woman
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.
She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.
Information
- Released
- Nov 16, 1963
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- Japanese
- Country
- JP
- Rating
- NR
- Directed by
- Shōhei Imamura
Production
- Studio
- Nikkatsu Corporation
Cast
People in this story
Sachiko HidariTome Matsuki
Jitsuko YoshimuraNobuko
Shoichi OzawaKen
Hiroyuki NagatoMatsunami
Kayoko HonooMiyako
Masumi HarukawaMidori
Daizaburo HirataKamibayashi
Seizaburō KawazuKarasawa
Teruko KishiRin
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