Story of movie The Insect Woman :
The Insect Woman (??????? Nippon Konch?ki, lit. "Entomological Chronicles of Japan") is a 1963 Japanese film directed by Shohei Imamura. It was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival where Sachiko Hidari won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award.
| The Insect Woman | |
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| Directed by | Shohei Imamura |
| Written by | Keiji Hasebe, Shohei Imamura |
| Starring | Emiko Aizawa, Masumi Harukawa, Sachiko Hidari |
| Music by | Toshiro Mayuzumi |
| Edited by | Matsuo Tanji |
| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Screenplay
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.
- Emiko Aizawa – Rui
- Masumi Harukawa – Midori
- Sachiko Hidari – Tome Matsuki
- Emiko Higashi – Kane
- Daizaburo Hirata – Kamibayashi
- Seizaburo 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
The Insect Woman was released in Japan on November 16, 1963.
"Mich." of Variety declared the film as "potent adult film fare by any nation's standards" and praised the camera work by Masahisa Himeda and performances by Sachiko Hidari, Kazuo Kitamura and Jitsuko Yoshimura. The review noted that the film takes place over a period of 45 years in an episodic technique that "consciously causing viewer alienation"
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