27 Dec 1991
Nebe, peklo, ráj
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She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.
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.
Tome Matsuki
Nobuko
Ken
Matsunami
Miyako
Midori
Rui
Kane
Kamibayashi
Karasawa
Rin
Madam
Chuji
Owagawa En's Lover
En
Foreman
Sawakichi
Honda
27 Dec 1991
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22 May 1991
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23 Mar 2022
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A divorced father falls in love with a pregnant woman whose husband had abandoned her when he discovered she was expecting a child.
30 Apr 1948
A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.
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The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families conflict with each other as they live on the streets, which are rampant with drugs and prostitution.
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A woman in her fifties files a divorce petition against her seventy-one-year-old husband. Their son and an advocate try to find the reason behind it as they had been married for thirty years.