The Insect Woman

The Insect Woman

Actors:  左幸子, 吉村実子, Emiko Aizawa, 春川ますみ, Emiko Higashi, 平田大三郎 Directors:  Shōhei Imamura

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.