Released:
1963-11-16

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.

Director:
Shōhei Imamura

Runtime:
2h 3min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Sachiko Hidari
  as
  Tome Matsuki
• 
  Jitsuko Yoshimura
  as
  Nobuko
• 
  Shoichi Ozawa
  as
  Ken
• 
  Hiroyuki Nagato
  as
  Matsunami
• 
  Kayoko Honoo
  as
  Miyako