The Insect Woman

The Insect Woman (1963)★ 7.2/10

Not Rated · JP · 123 min · November 16, 1963

  • Drama

Directed by: Shôhei Imamura

Written by: Keiji Hasebe, Shôhei Imamura

Life story of a woman born in poverty trying to succeed. Through her many schemes, she faces her ups and downs in a cyclical nature, fueled mostly by self-interest.

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Cast & crew

Seizaburô KawazuKarasawaKazuo KitamuraChujiTanie KitabayashiMadamTeruko KishiRinEmiko AizawaRuiEmiko AzumaKaneSumie SasakiEnHiroyuki NagatoMatsunamiShigeru TsuyuguchiHondaAsao KoikeSawakichiSachiko HidariTome MatsukiJitsuko YoshimuraNobukoMasumi HarukawaMidoriDaisaburō HirataKamibayashiSetsuko Amamiya (uncredited)Tomio Aoki (uncredited)Tomoko Aoyagi (uncredited)Hyōe Enoki (uncredited)Kazuko Fujii (uncredited)Makiko Fujisawa (uncredited)Makiko Fukamachi (uncredited)Yūzō Harumi (uncredited)Jōji Hidehara (uncredited)Jirô Hiratsuka (uncredited)Kayoko HonooMiyako (uncredited)Akiko Hoshii (uncredited)Keiko Kanō (uncredited)Takeshi Katô (uncredited)Michie Kawaguchi (uncredited)Kyôko Kinukawa (uncredited)Keiko Kitaide (uncredited)Tomiko Kudô (uncredited)Akira Kume (uncredited)Masakazu KuwayamaOwagawa En's Lover (uncredited)Hiroshi Midorikawa (uncredited)Gen Mihama (uncredited)Tokuhei Miyahara (uncredited)Naoko Miyazawa (uncredited)Midori Mori (uncredited)Masumi Motegi (uncredited)Tsugio Nakayama (uncredited)Yoshiyuki Nemoto (uncredited)Kunio Niitsu (uncredited)Shōichi OzawaKen (uncredited)Tomoko Sagawa (uncredited)Yoshikazu Saitô (uncredited)Kôichirô Sakai (uncredited)Shinzō Shibata (uncredited)Hitomi Shimizu (uncredited)Tōru Sumiawa (uncredited)Masuyo Suzumura (uncredited)Eiko Takada (uncredited)Toshio Takahara (uncredited)Hiroshi Takao (uncredited)Chigusa Takayama (uncredited)Harumi Tanaka (uncredited)Taiji TonoyamaForeman (uncredited)Yoshio Tsuchida (uncredited)Masako Urushizawa (uncredited)Masahiko Uzawa (uncredited)Megumi Wakaba (uncredited)Setsuko Watanabe (uncredited)Toshiko Yabuki (uncredited)Sakutarō Yamakawa (uncredited)Takashi Ôkawa (uncredited)Setsumi Ōkura (uncredited)