Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Original Title: 砂の女
Drama
Thriller
8.2 (471 votes)
2h 27m
Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Hiroshi Teshigahara
- Writer
- Kōbō Abe
- Original Language
- Japanese
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Keywords
art house
avant garde
barbaric behavior
based on novel or book
black and white
disappeared
entomologist
erotic photography
escape attempt
forced labor
held captive
insect
japanese new wave
missing person
psychological thriller
sand
sand dune
sand pit
sexual torture
skin
slave labor
texture
trapped
water pump
water shortage
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