Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Shōhei Imamura
- Writer
- Keiji Hasebe
- Original Language
- Japanese
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Daizaburo Hirata
Emiko Aizawa
Emiko Higashi
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Kazuo Kitamura
Masumi Harukawa
Sachiko Hidari
Seizabur? Kawazu
Tanie Kitabayashi
Teruko Kishi
Keywords
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
abusive stepfather
adultery
breastfeeding
brothel
buddhism
commune
confession
cynicism
family relationships
freeze frame
greed
incest
japan
lust
parent child relationship
political allegory
poverty
pregnancy
prostitute
prostitution
prostitution ring
serf
spanning generations
starvation
taisho
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