The Insect Woman (movie)
にっぽん昆虫記- User score: 7.4
- Production country: Japan
- Producer: Shōhei Imamura
- Production companies: Nikkatsu Corporation
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 11/16/1963
- Run time: 123 min.
Movie description
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.
