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The Insect Woman (1963)

Poster for 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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Shōhei Imamura
  • Profile picture of Sachiko Hidari
    Tome Matsuki Sachiko Hidari
  • Profile picture of Jitsuko Yoshimura
    Nobuko Jitsuko Yoshimura
  • Profile picture of Masumi Harukawa
    Midori Masumi Harukawa
  • Profile picture of Daizaburo Hirata
    Kamibayashi Daizaburo Hirata
  • Profile picture of Seizaburō Kawazu
    Karasawa Seizaburō Kawazu
  • Profile picture of Teruko Kishi
    Rin Teruko Kishi
  • Profile picture of Tanie Kitabayashi
    Madam Tanie Kitabayashi
  • Profile picture of Kazuo Kitamura
    Chuji Kazuo Kitamura

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Keywords

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  • japan
  • prostitute
  • buddhism
  • parent child relationship
  • confession
  • brothel
  • pregnancy
  • greed
  • commune
  • cynicism
  • family relationships
  • poverty
  • prostitution
  • lust
  • freeze frame
  • incest
  • starvation
  • prostitution ring
  • 1920s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1910s
  • 1930s
  • serf
  • spanning generations
  • breastfeeding
  • abusive stepfather
  • political allegory