Drama · Thriller

Woman in the Dunes

Directed byHiroshi Teshigahara

1964 · 2h 27m · Kijkwijzer 12

Synopsis

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

Cast

  • Eiji OkadaEntomologist Niki Jumpei
  • Kyôko KishidaThe Woman
  • Hiroko ItōEntomologist's Wife
  • Kōji MitsuiVillage Elder
  • Sen YanoVillager
  • Hideo KanzeVillager
  • Ginzô SekiguchiVillager
  • Kiyohiko IchiharaVillager
  • Hiroyuki NishimotoVillager

Crew

  • Hiroshi TeshigaharaDirector
  • Kōbō AbeWriter