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The Insect Woman

"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."

Cast

142485

Sachiko Hidari

as Tome Matsuki

33729

Jitsuko Yoshimura

as Nobuko

142484

Emiko Aizawa

as Rui

123852

Masumi Harukawa

as Midori

142486

Emiko Higashi

as Kane

142487

Daizaburo Hirata

as Kamibayashi

83202

Seizaburō Kawazu

as Karasawa

142488

Teruko Kishi

as Rin

55666

Tanie Kitabayashi

as Madam

63707

Kazuo Kitamura

as Chuji

142489

Masakazu Kuwayama

as Owagawa En's Lover

135131

Hiroyuki Nagato

as Matsunami

142454

Shoichi Ozawa

as Ken

142490

Sumie Sasaki

as En

33732

Taiji Tonoyama

as Foreman

81278

Asao Koike

as Sawakichi

1097520

Kayoko Honoo

as Miyako

142491

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

as Honda

Crew

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Shōhei Imamura

Director

20025

Shōhei Imamura

Writer

142483

Keiji Hasebe

Writer

1564551

Kanō Ōtsuka

Producer

1543975

Tsuneo Furuyama

Sound

1564552

Masanori Yamanoi

Production Manager

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Kimihiko Nakamura

Art Direction

1391878

Jirô Tomoda

Producer

1269526

Tadahiko Isomi

Assistant Director

25800

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Original Music Composer

1200333

Mutsuo Tanji

Editor

123868

Shinsaku Himeda

Director of Photography

1589525

Yasuo Iwaki

Lighting Director