Unletterboxd

Discover

  • Popular
  • Top Rated

Genres

loading...

TMDB logo

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Animation
  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Documentary
  • Drama
  • Family
  • Fantasy
  • History
  • Horror
  • Music
  • Mystery
  • Romance
  • Science Fiction
  • TV Movie
  • Thriller
  • War
  • Western

Cast

Sachiko Hidari

Sachiko Hidari

Tome Matsuki

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Nobuko

Emiko Aizawa

Emiko Aizawa

Rui

Masumi Harukawa

Masumi Harukawa

Midori

Emiko Higashi

Emiko Higashi

Kane

Daizaburo Hirata

Daizaburo Hirata

Kamibayashi

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seizaburō Kawazu

Karasawa

Teruko Kishi

Teruko Kishi

Rin

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Madam

Kazuo Kitamura

Kazuo Kitamura

Chuji

Masakazu Kuwayama

Masakazu Kuwayama

Owagawa En's Lover

Hiroyuki Nagato

Hiroyuki Nagato

Matsunami

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Ken

Sumie Sasaki

Sumie Sasaki

En

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Foreman

Asao Koike

Asao Koike

Sawakichi

Kayoko Honoo

Kayoko Honoo

Miyako

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Honda

Crew

Shōhei Imamura

Shōhei Imamura

Director

Shōhei Imamura

Shōhei Imamura

Writer

Keiji Hasebe

Keiji Hasebe

Writer

Jirô Tomoda

Jirô Tomoda

Producer

Kanō Ōtsuka

Kanō Ōtsuka

Producer

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Original Music Composer

Shinsaku Himeda

Shinsaku Himeda

Director of Photography

Mutsuo Tanji

Mutsuo Tanji

Editor

Kimihiko Nakamura

Kimihiko Nakamura

Art Direction

Masanori Yamanoi

Masanori Yamanoi

Production Manager

Tadahiko Isomi

Tadahiko Isomi

Assistant Director

Tsuneo Furuyama

Tsuneo Furuyama

Sound

Yasuo Iwaki

Yasuo Iwaki

Lighting Director

Movie poster

The Insect Woman

19637.4 / 10123 min
Drama

Overview

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.