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The Insect Woman (1963)
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Drama
Emiko Aizawa , Setsuko Amamiya , Tomio Aoki , Tomoko Aoyagi , Emiko Azuma , Hy么e Enoki , Kazuko Fujii , Makiko Fujisawa , Makiko Fukamachi ,
Masumi Harukawa , Y没z么 Harumi , Sachiko Hidari , J么ji Hidehara , Daizabur么 Hirata , Jir么 Hiratsuka
Sh么hei Imamura
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1963
Amorality in Japan. Tome is born into poverty in rural Japan| in the late 1910s. Chuji| her father| dotes on her; her mother is less faithful. Tome becomes a
neighbor's mistress| works at his mill as World War II rages| and has a daughter. After an affair with a mill supervisor| Tome goes to Tokyo to seek her fortune. She
leaves the child| Nobuko| in Chuji's care. Tome's a maid at a brothel| learns trade from the madam| enjoys the protection of a businessman whose mistress she
becomes| and is soon herself the boss. As Chuji ages and Nobuko grows up with her own ideas| can Tome's self-preserving schemes provide continued comfort? Or will
the mice scamper over her?
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