Woman in the Dunes (1964)
February 15, 1964
Drama, Thriller
2h 27m
Haunting. Erotic. Unforgettable.
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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Hiroshi Teshigahara
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei Eiji Okada
- The Woman Kyôko Kishida
- Village Elder Kōji Mitsui
Recommendations
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- insect
- sand
- art house
- water shortage
- psychological thriller
- black and white
- held captive
- skin
- trapped
- missing person
- sexual torture
- sand dune
- erotic photography
- water pump
- japanese new wave
- slave labor
- entomologist
- escape attempt
- sand pit
- forced labor
- texture
- avant garde
- disappeared
- barbaric behavior