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.
Emiko Aizawa | Rui |
Masumi Harukawa | Midori |
Sachiko Hidari | Tome Matsuki |
Emiko Higashi | Kane |
Daizaburo Hirata | Kamibayashi |
Seizaburō Kawazu | Karasawa |
Teruko Kishi | Rin |
Tanie Kitabayashi | Madam |
Kazuo Kitamura | Chuji |
Masakazu Kuwayama | Owagawa En's Lover |
Hiroyuki Nagato | Matsunami |
Shoichi Ozawa | Ken |