The Insect Woman

Name: The Insect Woman
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Released: 1963
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Seizaburô Kawazu, Kazuo Kitamura, Tanie Kitabayashi, Teruko Kishi, Emiko Aizawa

1963 · 123 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 2,582 VOTES · DIR. Shōhei Imamura

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,417 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 A SELECTION OF THE JAPAN ARTS FESTIVAL

00:07:36 Besides, you know we still owe him money.

00:12:21 Rui's watching.

00:17:59 Give it back!

00:24:04 but now I keep my diary alone.

00:28:19 - Hurry or there'll be trouble. - They won't listen otherwise.

00:33:44 I guess so.

00:39:30 I got work at a Chinese restaurant.

00:43:59 Idiot! Yourjob is making soup.

00:49:08 Let's have tea with this.

00:54:16 But I...

00:59:44 I'll buy you chemical fertilizer.

01:04:41 I'm in trouble. I'm having a coat made.

01:09:07 In front of Niko.

01:15:42 I've stood much worse than this.

01:20:09 Hanako! Bandages gone?

01:25:19 I won't.

01:30:39 Papa, here's milk.

01:35:06 Would you please get Miss Yokoi?

01:41:08 In 15 years it'll more than double.

01:46:45 That's right.

01:51:54 On top of that

01:56:08 I'll bring her back somehow.

200:00:00 hasn't got that much.

Cast & Characters

Seizaburô Kawazu Karasawa Kazuo Kitamura Chuji Tanie Kitabayashi Madam Teruko Kishi Rin Emiko Aizawa Rui Emiko Azuma Kane Sumie Sasaki En Hiroyuki Nagato Matsunami Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Honda Asao Koike Sawakichi

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,417

Dialogue density11.5 lines / min

First line00:00:00

Final line200:00:00

Production Record

DirectorShōhei Imamura

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes2,582