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The Insect Woman is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Shōhei Imamura released in USA on 29 june 1964 with Masumi Harukawa
The Insect Woman (1963)
Nippon konchuki
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Add to a movie listThe Insect Woman (にっぽん昆虫記, Nippon konchūki) is a 1963 Japanese film directed by Shohei Imamura. It was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival where Sachiko Hidari won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award.
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A woman, Tome, (Sachiko Hidari) is born to a lower-class family in Japan in 1918. The film is a metaphor for life in Japan through the middle twentieth century, including World War II. 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.Actors
Masumi Harukawa
(Midori)
Sachiko Hidari
(Tome Matsuki)
Teruko Kishi
(Rin)
Tanie Kitabayashi
Hiroyuki Nagato
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