1963/11/16
Character count23,043
Word count10,058
Unique words2,064
Words (1-occurrence)1,154
Unique kanji752
Kanji (1-occurrence)258
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Hard
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72 %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.
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Drama