The Insect Woman (1963)
She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.
7.2(74)2h 3mNovember 16, 1963
Shōhei Imamura
Director
Shōhei Imamura, Keiji Hasebe
Writers
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Diary
Overview
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.
