The Insect Woman (1963)
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.
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.buddhism, tmdb.japan, tmdb.prostitute, tmdb.adultery, tmdb.confession, tmdb.parent-child-relationship, tmdb.brothel + 95 more, tmdb.commune, tmdb.pregnancy, tmdb.greed, tmdb.family-relationships, tmdb.poverty, tmdb.prostitution, tmdb.lust, tmdb.incest, tmdb.starvation, tmdb.1920s, tmdb.1940s, tmdb.1950s, tmdb.1960s, tmdb.1910s, tmdb.1930s, tmdb.spanning-generations, tmdb.abusive-stepfather, tmdb.cynicism, tmdb.freeze-frame, tmdb.prostitution-ring, tmdb.serf, tmdb.breastfeeding, mdblist.fresh, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, tmdb.political-allegory, imdb.bastard, imdb.incestuous-relationship, imdb.sucking-breast, imdb.work, imdb.weaving, imdb.forced-sex, imdb.sexual-harassment, imdb.imperial-japan, imdb.world-war-two, imdb.farmer, imdb.maid, imdb.domestic-worker, imdb.nanny, imdb.cross-cultural-marriage, imdb.interracial-marriage, imdb.religion, imdb.plastic-surgery, imdb.mistress, imdb.madam, imdb.woman-hits-a-woman, imdb.statue, imdb.loss-of-father, imdb.demonstration, imdb.older-man-younger-woman-relationship, imdb.sugar-daddy, imdb.denture, imdb.countryside, imdb.city, imdb.getting-old, imdb.giving-birth, imdb.year-1918, imdb.year-1942, imdb.year-1960, imdb.co-written-by-director, imdb.year-1961, imdb.20th-century, imdb.poverty, imdb.japan, imdb.1910s, imdb.brothel, imdb.starvation, imdb.pregnancy, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.1960s, imdb.1950s, imdb.1940s, imdb.1930s, imdb.1920s, imdb.adultery, imdb.woman, imdb.freeze-frame, imdb.commune, imdb.father-daughter-relationship, imdb.burned-by-boiling-water, imdb.serf, imdb.greed, imdb.lust, imdb.cynicism, imdb.confession, imdb.buddhism, imdb.false-virginity, imdb.spanning-generations, imdb.prostitution, imdb.prostitution-ring, imdb.prostitute, imdb.incest, imdb.breast-feeding, imdb.abusive-stepfather, aspectratio.2-35-1, tmdb.taisho-period
Watch Providers: Criterion Channel
Production Companies: Nikkatsu Corporation
Country: Japan
Production Country:
Japan
Languages:
Japanese
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