The Insect Woman
She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.
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11/16/1963Runtime
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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.
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A sprawling, unflinching portrait of one woman's lifelong struggle against the grinding constraints of poverty and social circumstance. Imamura traces how Tome's desperate attempts to escape her station only entangle her further in cycles of exploitation and degradation.
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