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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The Insect Woman canonical 3
Insect Woman 1
The Insect Woman (screenplay) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 1960s film
film
awardReceived Silver Bear for Best Actress
awardReceivedBy Sachiko Hidari
castMember Chōchō Miyako
Eijirō Tōno NERFINISHED
Jūkichi Uno
Kazuo Kitamura
Kei Satō NERFINISHED
Masumi Harukawa
Sachiko Hidari
Tanie Kitabayashi
cinematographyBy Shinsaku Himeda NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Japan
director Shōhei Imamura
linked to: Imamura Shohei
distributor Nikkatsu
editedBy Mutsuo Tanji
filmFormat 35 mm
follows a rural woman’s struggle to survive and adapt
genre drama
social drama
hasFilmRating adult themes
hasJapaneseTitle Nippon konchūki
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
releaseDecade 1960s
releaseYear 1963
runtimeMinutes 123
screenedAt Berlin International Film Festival
screenwriter Shōhei Imamura
linked to: Imamura Shohei
setInCountry Japan
setInPeriod postwar Japan
stars Sachiko Hidari
titleInJapanese 日本昆虫記

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Imamura Shohei notableWork The Insect Woman
Imamura Shohei directed The Insect Woman
Japanese New Wave notableFilm The Insect Woman
Kim Ki-young notableWork Insect Woman
linked to: The Insect Woman
Kim Ki-young workedOn The Insect Woman (screenplay)
linked to: The Insect Woman