The Insect Woman

The Insect Woman
Nippon konchuki
Directed by Shohei Imamura
Written by Keiji Hasebe, Shohei Imamura
Starring Emiko Aizawa, Masumi Harukawa, Sachiko Hidari
Music by Toshirô Mayuzumi
Editing by Matsuo Tanji
Distributed by Nikkatsu
Release date(s) November 16, 1963
Running time 123 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

The Insect Woman (にっぽん昆虫記 Nippon konchūki?) is a 1963 film directed by Japanese director Shōhei Imamura. It was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival where Sachiko Hidari won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award.[1]

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Plot

A woman, Tome, (Sachiko Hidari) is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. 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.

Tome is molested from childhood by her stepfather. As a young adult she moves from her rural village to find work in factory, where she engages in an affair with her boss. She works later as a maid, and then as a prostitute.

Cast

  • Emiko Aizawa - Rui
  • Masumi Harukawa - Midori
  • Sachiko Hidari - Tome Matsuki
  • Emiko Higashi - Kane
  • Daizaburo Hirata - Kamibayashi
  • Seizaburô Kawazu - Karasawa
  • Teruko Kishi - Rin
  • Tanie Kitabayashi - Madam
  • Kazuo Kitamura - Chuji
  • Asao Koike - Sawakichi
  • Masakazu Kuwayama - Owagawa En's Lover
  • Hiroyuki Nagato - Matsunami
  • Shoichi Ozawa - Ken
  • Sumie Sasaki - En
  • Taiji Tonoyama - Foreman
  • Shigeru Tsuyuguchi - Honda
  • Jitsuko Yoshimura - Nobuko

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