The Woman in the Dunes
Also known as Woman in the Dunes, Suna no onna, Sand Woman
1964 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Film · TMDB
8.2A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and made to live with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.
Released: 1964-02-15147 minDir: Hiroshi TeshigaharaDrama, Thriller
Cast
- Eiji Okada as Entomologist Niki Jumpei
- Kyôko Kishida as The Woman
- Hiroko Itō as Entomologist's Wife
- Kōji Mitsui as Village Elder
Themes
- based on novel or book
- insect
- sand
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Categories
1960s avant-garde and experimental films1960s pregnancy films1960s psychological thriller films1964 drama films1964 films1964 Japanese films1964 Japanese-language filmsBest Film Kinema Junpo Award winnersExistentialist filmsFilms about educatorsFilms about widowhoodFilms directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara