The Insect Woman
She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.
7.2(76) 1963-11-16 123 minDrama
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.
DirectorShōhei Imamura
WriterShōhei Imamura
WriterKeiji Hasebe
ProducerKano Otsuka
Original Music ComposerToshirō Mayuzumi
ProducerJirô Tomoda
Cast & characters
Sachiko Hidari
as Tome Matsuki
Jitsuko Yoshimura
as Nobuko
Shoichi Ozawa
as Ken
Hiroyuki Nagato
as Matsunami
Kayoko Honoo
as Miyako
Masumi Harukawa
as Midori
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Emiko Aizawa
as Rui
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Emiko Higashi
as Kane
Daizaburo Hirata
as Kamibayashi
Seizaburō Kawazu
as Karasawa
Teruko Kishi
as Rin
Tanie Kitabayashi
as Madam
Kazuo Kitamura
as Chuji
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Masakazu Kuwayama
as Owagawa En's Lover
Sumie Sasaki
as En
Taiji Tonoyama
as Foreman
Asao Koike
as Sawakichi
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
as Honda
