1963/11/16
Speech duration
1h 14minWord count9,697
Unique words1,995
Words (1-occurrence)1,075
Unique kanji752
Kanji (1-occurrence)258
Speech speed
309 Difficulty Average
External Rating
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