She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.
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.
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Cast
- Sachiko HidariTome Matsuki
- Jitsuko YoshimuraNobuko
- Shoichi OzawaKen
- Hiroyuki NagatoMatsunami
- Kayoko HonooMiyako
- Masumi HarukawaMidori
- Emiko AizawaRui
- Emiko HigashiKane
- Daizaburo HirataKamibayashi
- Seizaburō KawazuKarasawa
Crew
- Shōhei ImamuraDirector
- Shōhei ImamuraWriter
- Keiji HasebeWriter
- Shinsaku HimedaDirector of Photography
- Toshirō MayuzumiOriginal Music Composer
- Mutsuo TanjiEditor
- Kano OtsukaProducer
- Jirô TomodaProducer
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