The Insect Woman

She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.

Plot Summary

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.

7.4 /10

1963

JP

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japan

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buddhism

parent child relationship

confession

brothel

pregnancy

greed

commune

cynicism

family relationships

poverty

prostitution

lust

freeze frame

incest

starvation

prostitution ring

1920s

1940s

1950s

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1910s

1930s

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spanning generations

breastfeeding

abusive stepfather

political allegory