Insect Woman

Seoul, early spring, rustling silk. Naive Myung-ja ascends to hostess work, then takes the scholar Lee as her lover, all under the watch of Lee’s calculating wife. Soon, the women settle into a bizarre domesticity. Kim's lurid melodrama anticipates later Bong Joon-ho.

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Kim Ki-young directed Insect Woman in 1972. See Kim Ki-young's full filmography, where to start with Kim Ki-young, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kim Ki-young.

Insect Woman was released in 1972 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.