Woman in the Dunes
Suna no onna
1964, Film, 147 min, Drama, Thriller, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 83
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.
Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Cast
- Eiji Okada as Entomologist Niki Jumpei
- Kyôko Kishida as Woman
- Kōji Mitsui as Village elder
- Hiroko Itô as Entomologist's wife (in flashbacks)
- Sen Yano
- Ginzô Sekiguchi
- Kiyohiko Ichihara
- Hideo Kanze
- Hiroyuki Nishimoto
- Tamotsu Tamura
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