Woman in the Dunes

“Haunting. Erotic. Unforgettable.”

8.2

1964

2h 27m

DramaThriller

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.

Key Crew

Director

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Producers

Kiichi Ichikawa

Tadashi Ôno

Writers

Kōbō Abe

Cinematography

Hiroshi Segawa

Music

Toru Takemitsu

Cast (4)

Eiji Okada

Entomologist Niki Jumpei

Kyôko Kishida

The Woman

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