Synopsis
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
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