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.
Sachiko Hidari
Tome Matsuki
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Nobuko
Shoichi Ozawa
Ken
Hiroyuki Nagato
Matsunami
Kayoko Honoo
Miyako
Masumi Harukawa
Midori
Emiko Aizawa
Rui
Emiko Higashi
Kane
Daizaburo Hirata
Kamibayashi
Seizaburō Kawazu
Karasawa
Teruko Kishi
Rin
Tanie Kitabayashi
Madam
Kazuo Kitamura
Chuji
Masakazu Kuwayama
Owagawa En's Lover
Sumie Sasaki
En
Taiji Tonoyama
Foreman
Asao Koike
Sawakichi
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Honda
Shōhei Imamura
Director, Writer
Keiji Hasebe
Writer
Kano Otsuka
Producer
Jirô Tomoda
Dec 4, 1992
Mar 6, 2002
Aug 7, 2004
Mar 3, 1991
Dec 17, 2004
Apr 15, 1992
Mar 23, 1997
Sep 17, 1998
Jun 2, 2018
Nov 22, 1968
Jan 21, 1961
Jan 6, 1992
Sep 15, 1962
May 31, 1964
Feb 17, 1973
May 27, 1967
Nikkatsu Corporation
JP
Japan
日本語
