The Insect Woman
1963 · TMDB 7.2 · にっぽん昆虫記
Directed by Shōhei Imamura
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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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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- Runtime
- 123 min
- Released
- 1963-11-16
- Studio
- Nikkatsu Corporation
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- TMDB score
- 7.2
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