
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.
Cast

Sachiko Hidari
Tome Matsuki

Jitsuko Yoshimura
Nobuko

Shoichi Ozawa
Ken

Hiroyuki Nagato
Matsunami

Kayoko Honoo
Miyako

Masumi Harukawa
Midori
Emiko Aizawa
Rui
Emiko Higashi
Kane

Daizaburo Hirata
Kamibayashi

Seizaburō Kawazu
Karasawa

Teruko Kishi
Rin

Tanie Kitabayashi
Madam

Kazuo Kitamura
Chuji
Masakazu Kuwayama
Owagawa En's Lover

Sumie Sasaki
En

Taiji Tonoyama
Foreman

Asao Koike
Sawakichi

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Honda
Crew

Shōhei Imamura
Director, Writer
Keiji Hasebe
Writer
Mutsuo Tanji
Editor
Shinsaku Himeda
Director of Photography
Tadahiko Isomi
Assistant Director
Kano Otsuka
Producer
Jirô Tomoda
Producer
Tsuneo Furuyama
Sound
Yasuo Iwaki
Lighting Director
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Masanori Yamanoi
Production Manager
Kimihiko Nakamura
Art Direction
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