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Summary Like a detective story, the film untangles the web of influences behind Japan’s captivation with insects. It opens in modern-day Tokyo where a single beetle recently sold for $90,000 then slips back to the early 1800s, to the first cricket-selling business and the development of haiku and other forms of insect literature and art. Through...

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary Like a detective story, the film untangles the web of influences behind Japan’s captivation with insects. It opens in modern-day Tokyo where a single beetle recently sold for $90,000 then slips back to the early 1800s, to the first cricket-selling business and the development of haiku and other forms of insect literature and art. Through...

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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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92% Positive
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8% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company Myriapod Productions
Release Date May 14, 2010
Duration 1 h 30 m
CineVegas International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1 Nomination