The Insect Woman : Nippon Konchuki
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Originally released in 1963.
Issued in box set with title: Pigs, pimps & prostitutes : 3 films by Shohei Imamura (Criterion collection ; 471).
Special features: conversation between Imamura and Tadao Sato about the film ; interview with Tony Rayns ; booklet essay by Dennis Lim ; new English subtitle translation.
Seizaburo Kawazu, Kazuo Kitamura, Tanie Kitabayashi, Teruko Kishii, Emiko Aizawa, Sumie Sasaki.
Portrays 45 years in the life of a woman and her struggles to survive. The story progresses from her life as a country girl to her years as a successful and ruthless madam in Tokyo and back again to her native village.
DVD; 2.35:1 aspect ratio; monaural.
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SERIES
Criterion collection
473.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Japanese dialogue; optional English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781604651539
1604651539
9781604651553 (set)
1604651555 (set)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Imamura, Shōhei, 1926-2006.
Hasebe, Keiji.
Otsuka, Kano.
Tomoda, Jiro.
Kawazu, Seizaburo.
Kitamura, Kazuo, 1927-2007.
Kitabayashi, Tanie, 1911-
Kishi, Teruko.
Aizawa, Emiko.
Sasaki, Sumie, 1928-
Himeda, Shinsaku, 1916-1997.
Mayuzumi, Toshirō, 1929-1997.
Rayns, Tony.
Lim, Dennis, 1973-
Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Women -- Japan -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.
Prostitution -- Japan -- Drama.
Feature films.
Motion pictures, Japanese.