Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Suna no onna
Haunting. Erotic. Unforgettable.
147 min
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.
- Release date
- February 15, 1964
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Tôru Takemitsu
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Trailer
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 as Villager
- Hideo Kanze as Villager
- Ginzô Sekiguchi as Villager
- Kiyohiko Ichihara
- Hiroyuki Nishimoto
- Tamotsu Tamura
Crew
- Hiroshi Teshigahara · Director
- Kôbô Abe · Writer
- Eiko Yoshida · Writer
- Kiichi Ichikawa · Producer
- Tadashi Ôno · Producer
- Tôru Takemitsu · Composer
- Hiroshi Segawa · Cinematographer
- Fusako Shuzui · Editor
- Tōtetsu Hirakawa · Production designer
- Masao Yamazaki · Production designer