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The Insect Woman

The Insect Woman

Original title
Nippon Konchuki
Year
1963
Gender
Drama
Director
Shohei Imamura
Country
Japan
Details
123 minutes / black & white / sound

Where to watch?

Stream

  • Criterion Channel
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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.

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