The Insect Woman (1963)


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She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.
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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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Directed by: Shōhei Imamura, Shinsaku Himeda, Tadahiko Isomi
Written by: Shōhei Imamura, Keiji Hasebe
Produced by: Jirô Tomoda, Kanō Ōtsuka
Composed by: Toshirō Mayuzumi
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