Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo (2009)
Untangling the web of cultural and historical ties underlying Japan's deep fascination with insects.
- Date of release
- 2009-03-14
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Jessica Oreck
Casting
- Haruku Shinozaki — Narrator
- Takeshi Yoro — Self
- Rin Katsuta
- Rina Katsuta
- Akito Kawahara
- Naohiro Kazaoka
- Kazuya Kumazaki
- Tomone Kumazaki
- Yu Miyasaka
- Norikuni Nakamura
- Takumi Nakamura
- Gakuto Nakamura
Interesting facts
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo is a 2009 documentary directed by American filmmaker Jessica Oreck. The documentary shows how insects are entwined with Japan from past to present. A Japanese narrator reads poetry and legends, and gives information about the insects. The film has shots of insects interspersed with shots of daily life in Japan. It has to do with how the Japanese treat insects of all types.
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