The Insect Woman
にっぽん昆虫記
1963 · 2h 3m · Drama · Japan · Rated 18 (DE)
She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.
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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Shōhei Imamura6.6Smart score
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1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s1960sabusive stepfatheradulterybreastfeedingbrothelbuddhismcommuneconfessioncynicismfamily relationshipsfreeze framegreedincestjapanlustparent child relationshippolitical allegorypovertypregnancyprostituteprostitutionprostitution ringserfspanning generationsstarvationtaisho period
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