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.
にっぽん昆虫記 is of 2 hour(s) and 3 minute(s). It is Produced By: Nikkatsu Corporation. It was released on 1963-11-16. It has the tagline: She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong. It has an average vote of 7.383 on TMDB.
Genres: Drama
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