The Insect Woman (1963)
Nippon konchûki (original title)

Cast

Credited cast:
	Emiko Aizawa	...	Rui
	Masumi Harukawa	...	Midori
	Sachiko Hidari	...	Tome Matsuki
	Emiko Higashi	...	Kane
	Daizaburo Hirata	...	Kamibayashi
	Seizaburô Kawazu	...	Karasawa
	Teruko Kishi	...	Rin
	Tanie Kitabayashi	...	Madam
	Kazuo Kitamura	...	Chuji
	Asao Koike	...	Sawakichi
	Masakazu Kuwayama	...	Owagawa En's Lover
	Hiroyuki Nagato	...	Matsunami
	Shoichi Ozawa	...	Ken
	Sumie Sasaki	...	En
	Taiji Tonoyama	...	Foreman

Storyline

Amorality in Japan. Tome is born into poverty in rural Japan, in the late 1910s. Chuji, her father, dotes on her; her mother is less faithful. Tome becomes a neighbor's mistress, works at his mill as World War II rages, and has a daughter. After an affair with a mill supervisor, Tome goes to Tokyo to seek her fortune. She leaves the child, Nobuko, in Chuji's care. Tome's a maid at a brothel, learns trade from the madam, enjoys the protection of a businessman whose mistress she becomes, and is soon herself the boss. As Chuji ages and Nobuko grows up with her own ideas, can Tome's self-preserving schemes provide continued comfort? Or will the mice scamper over her? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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