The Insect Woman (1963)
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.
Director: Shōhei Imamura
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Sachiko Hidari as Tome Matsuki |
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Jitsuko Yoshimura as Nobuko |
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Shoichi Ozawa as Ken |
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Hiroyuki Nagato as Matsunami |
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Kayoko Honoo as Miyako |
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Masumi Harukawa as Midori |
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Emiko Aizawa as Rui |
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Emiko Higashi as Kane |
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Daizaburo Hirata as Kamibayashi |
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Seizaburō Kawazu as Karasawa |
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Teruko Kishi as Rin |
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Tanie Kitabayashi as Madam |
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Kazuo Kitamura as Chuji |
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Masakazu Kuwayama as Owagawa En's Lover |
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Sumie Sasaki as En |
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Taiji Tonoyama as Foreman |
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Asao Koike as Sawakichi |
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Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Honda |
| Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Director |
| Writing | Shōhei Imamura | Writer |
| Writing | Keiji Hasebe | Writer |
| Production | Jirô Tomoda | Producer |
| Production | Kano Otsuka | Producer |
| Sound | Toshirō Mayuzumi | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Shinsaku Himeda | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mutsuo Tanji | Editor |
| Art | Kimihiko Nakamura | Art Direction |
| Production | Masanori Yamanoi | Production Manager |
| Directing | Tadahiko Isomi | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Tsuneo Furuyama | Sound |
| Lighting | Yasuo Iwaki | Lighting Director |
