- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1963-11-16
- Director: Shōhei Imamura
- Writers: Keiji Hasebe , Shōhei Imamura
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Seizaburō Kawazu , Kazuo Kitamura , Tanie Kitabayashi , Teruko Kishi , Emiko Aizawa , Emiko Azuma , Sumie Sasaki , Hiroyuki Nagato , Shigeru Tsuyuguchi , Asao Koike
- Runtime: 123 min
- Awards: 12 wins & 1 nomination
- AKA: Das Insektenweib , The Insect Woman , La donna insetto - Cronaca entomologica del Giappone (Italy) , Женщина-насекомое , 日本昆虫记 (China) , にっぽん昆虫記 (Japan) , Kobieta owad (Poland) , A Mulher Insecto (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Nippon konchûki , La femme insecte (France, French Republic) , The Insect Woman (United Kingdom) , La mujer insecto (Spain) , The Insect Woman (United States of America) , The Insect , Insektkvinnen (Norway) , De insectenvrouw (Belgium) , A Mulher Inseto ou Tratado Entomológico do Japão (Brazil) , The Insect Woman (Canada) , Rovarasszony (Hungary) , Cronache entomologiche del Giappone (Italy)日本昆虫记 (China)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0057363
The Insect Woman Cast · · · ALL
Shōhei Imamura
Director
Sachiko Hidari
Tome Matsuki
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Nobuko
Emiko Aizawa
Rui
Masumi Harukawa
Midori
Seizaburō Kawazu
Karasawa
Teruko Kishi
Rin
Tanie Kitabayashi
Madam
Kazuo Kitamura
Chuji
Masakazu Kuwayama
Owagawa En's Lover
Hiroyuki Nagato
Matsunami
Sumie Sasaki
En
Taiji Tonoyama
Foreman
Asao Koike
Sawakichi
Kayoko Honoo
Miyako
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Honda