The Insect Woman

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The Insect Woman is a 1963 Japanese drama film by Shōhei Imamura that follows a resilient rural woman’s struggle to survive and adapt amid Japan’s rapid postwar social and economic changes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 1960s film
film
awardReceived Silver Bear for Best Actress NERFINISHED
awardReceivedBy Sachiko Hidari NERFINISHED
castMember Chōchō Miyako NERFINISHED
Eijirō Tōno NERFINISHED
Jūkichi Uno NERFINISHED
Kazuo Kitamura NERFINISHED
Kei Satō NERFINISHED
Masumi Harukawa NERFINISHED
Sachiko Hidari NERFINISHED
Tanie Kitabayashi NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Shinsaku Himeda NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Japan
director Shōhei Imamura NERFINISHED
distributor Nikkatsu NERFINISHED
editedBy Mutsuo Tanji NERFINISHED
filmFormat 35 mm
follows a rural woman’s struggle to survive and adapt
genre drama
social drama
hasFilmRating adult themes
hasJapaneseTitle Nippon konchūki NERFINISHED
mainCharacterOccupation sex worker
mainTheme economic change
female resilience
social change
musicBy Toshiro Mayuzumi NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus life of a lower-class rural woman over several decades
originalLanguage Japanese
partOf Shōhei Imamura filmography
portrays exploitation of women
patriarchal Japanese society
urban migration
producer Tomio Ikeda NERFINISHED
productionCompany Nikkatsu NERFINISHED
releaseDecade 1960s
releaseYear 1963
runtimeMinutes 123
screenedAt Berlin International Film Festival NERFINISHED
screenwriter Shōhei Imamura NERFINISHED
setInCountry Japan NERFINISHED
setInPeriod postwar Japan
stars Sachiko Hidari NERFINISHED
titleInJapanese 日本昆虫記 NERFINISHED

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Imamura Shohei notableWork The Insect Woman
Imamura Shohei directed The Insect Woman
Japanese New Wave notableFilm The Insect Woman