Woman in the Dunes

Name: Woman in the Dunes
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1964
Duration: 147 min
Rating: 8.216

1964 · 147 min

Drama · Thriller

★ 8.2

Criterion

Trailer

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.

Crew

Director Hiroshi Teshigahara
Screenplay Kōbō Abe
Director of Photography Hiroshi Segawa

Cast

Eiji Okada
Entomologist Niki Jumpei
Kyôko Kishida
The Woman
Kōji Mitsui
Village Elder
H
Hiroko Itō
Entomologist's Wife
Sen Yano
Villager
Hideo Kanze
Villager
G
Ginzô Sekiguchi
Villager
K
Kiyohiko Ichihara
Villager
H
Hiroyuki Nishimoto
Villager

Crew

Director — Hiroshi Teshigahara
Screenplay — Kōbō Abe
Director of Photography — Hiroshi Segawa

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Intermission

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