The Insect Woman

The Insect Woman (1963)

She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1963-11-16
  • User Rating: 7.4/10 from 67 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 3min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Nikkatsu Corporation
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Shōhei Imamura
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From 67 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Sachiko Hidari

    as Tome Matsuki

  • Jitsuko Yoshimura

    as Nobuko

  • Emiko Aizawa

    as Rui

  • Masumi Harukawa

    as Midori

  • Emiko Higashi

    as Kane

  • Daizaburo Hirata

    as Kamibayashi

  • Seizaburō Kawazu

    as Karasawa

  • Teruko Kishi

    as Rin

  • Tanie Kitabayashi

    as Madam

  • Kazuo Kitamura

    as Chuji

  • Masakazu Kuwayama

    as Owagawa En's Lover

  • Hiroyuki Nagato

    as Matsunami

  • Shoichi Ozawa

    as Ken

  • Sumie Sasaki

    as En

  • Taiji Tonoyama

    as Foreman

  • Asao Koike

    as Sawakichi

  • Kayoko Honoo

    as Miyako

  • Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

    as Honda
Directing Shōhei Imamura Director
Writing Shōhei Imamura Writer
Writing Keiji Hasebe Writer
Production Kanō Ōtsuka Producer
Sound Toshirō Mayuzumi Original Music Composer
Camera Shinsaku Himeda Director of Photography
Sound Tsuneo Furuyama Sound
Art Kimihiko Nakamura Art Direction
Production Jirô Tomoda Producer
Editing Mutsuo Tanji Editor
Directing Tadahiko Isomi Assistant Director
Production Masanori Yamanoi Production Manager
Lighting Yasuo Iwaki Lighting Director

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