The Insect Woman

She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.
にっぽん昆虫記 (1963)
2:03 (123 min)
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Watch film The Insect Woman — La Femme Insecte (reprise 2018 - Imamura) Bande-annonce 1:21
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Jirô Tomoda
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Photo Sachiko Hidari
Sachiko Hidari
Tome Matsuki
Photo Jitsuko Yoshimura
Photo Shoichi Ozawa
Photo Hiroyuki Nagato
Photo Kayoko Honoo
Kayoko Honoo
Miyako
Photo Masumi Harukawa
Emiko Aizawa
Rui
Emiko Higashi
Kane
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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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