Insect Woman !The Insect Woman

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.

Credits

Cast
Sachiko Hidari, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Nagato

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (Movie Plots dataset) — title, year, creator, genre, description, credits