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Woman in the Dunes
A 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.
1964 · Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara · 147 min · Drama · Thriller · 24 frames
Tagline
Haunting. Erotic. Unforgettable.
Crew
- Screenplay: Kōbō Abe
- Cinematography: Hiroshi Segawa
- Edited by: Fusako Shuzui
- Music: Tōru Takemitsu
- Production design: Tōtetsu Hirakawa, Masao Yamazaki
- Produced by: Kiichi Ichikawa, Tadashi Ôno
Cast
- Eiji Okada as Entomologist Niki Jumpei
- Kyôko Kishida as The Woman
- Kōji Mitsui as Village Elder
- Hiroko Itō as Entomologist's Wife
- Sen Yano as Villager
- Hideo Kanze as Villager
- Ginzô Sekiguchi as Villager
- Kiyohiko Ichihara as Villager
- Hiroyuki Nishimoto as Villager
Production
- Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Studios: Teshigahara Productions, TOHO
- Themes: based on novel or book, insect, sand, art house, water shortage, psychological thriller, black and white, held captive, skin, trapped
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