The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 70% of the 813 1960s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
79 audience votes
Key crew
- Shōhei ImamuraDirector
- Shōhei ImamuraWriter
- Keiji HasebeWriter
- Toshirō MayuzumiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sachiko HidariTome Matsuki
- Jitsuko YoshimuraNobuko
- Shoichi OzawaKen
- Hiroyuki NagatoMatsunami
- Kayoko HonooMiyako
- Masumi HarukawaMidori
- Emiko AizawaRui
- Emiko HigashiKane
- Daizaburo HirataKamibayashi
- Seizaburō KawazuKarasawa
- Teruko KishiRin
- Tanie KitabayashiMadam
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Themes
adulteryjapanprostitutebuddhismparent child relationshipconfessionbrothelpregnancygreedcommunecynicismfamily relationships
The Best Movies of 1963
The Insect Woman is #22 of 60
