Harmful Insect

Harmful Insect

92 mins | Drama | March 16, 2001

13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she relies on heavily, leaves for northern Japan to take another job. Other students start to gossip about Sachiko and her former teacher. Sachiko then drops out of school and attempts to find herself.

Harmful Insect

92 mins | Drama | March 16, 2001

Harmful Insect
13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she relies on heavily, leaves for northern Japan to take another job. Other students start to gossip about Sachiko and her former teacher. Sachiko then drops out of school and attempts to find herself.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation, TBS, Sony PCL
Original title 害虫
Directors Akihiko Shiota
Writers Kiyono Yayoi

Cast

Aoi Miyazaki

as Sachiko Kita

Yu Aoi

as Natsuko Yamaoka

Ryo

as Toshiko Kita

Seiichi Tanabe

as Ogata

Yuria Haga

as Rumi

Yûsuke Iseya

as Cofeeshop Guy

Eihi Shiina

as Music Teacher

Tetsu Sawaki

as Takao

Koji Ishikawa

as Kyuzo

Ken Mitsuishi

as Man with Cell Phone

Takayo Mimura

as Kazumi

Kenjirou Ishimaru

as Middle-Aged Man in Convenience Store

Houka Kinoshita

as Truck Driver

Nao Omori

as Man at Love Hotel

Susumu Terajima

as Male Teacher

Masahiro Toda

as Ogata's Colleague

Yusaku Suzuki

as Hanasaka

Mamoru Watanabe

as Vagrant