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Woman in the Dunes or Woman of the Dunes (砂の女, Suna No Onna, "Sand Woman") is a 1964 Japanese New Wave avant-garde psychological thriller and drama film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, starring Eiji Okada as an entomologist searching for insects and Kyōko Kishida as the titular woman.
An entomologist is trapped by villagers in a sand pit with a woman whose life is shoveling sand. The film explores existential themes of life, death, and meaninglessness in a harsh and beautiful setting.
- (23K)
- Drama, Thriller
- Hiroshi Teshigahara
- 1964-10-25
A man trapped in a sandpit with a woman who shovels sand for survival. A modern parable of life, love and fate, with stunning cinematography and score.
A classic Japanese film by Hiroshi Teshigahara, based on a novel by Kobo Abe, about a man trapped in a desert with a widow. Learn about the film's production, themes, music, and special features on this web page.
- Junpei Niki, The Woman
Entomologist Niki Jumpei (Eiji Okada) misses the last bus home when exploring for insects in a series of sand dunes, and is persuaded by local villagers to spend the night in a house at the...
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- Eiji Okada
- Hiroshi Teshigahara
- Drama
The Woman in the Dunes ( Japanese: 砂の女, Hepburn: Suna no Onna, lit. "Sand Woman") is a novel by the Japanese writer Kōbō Abe, published in 1962. It won the 1962 Yomiuri Prize for literature, and an English translation by E. Dale Saunders, and a film adaptation, directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, appeared in 1964.
Woman in the Dunes invents an semi-plausible alternate lifestyle. Our hero has only two choices: work to keep the sand from overrunning the shack, or perish. He and the lonely woman (she lost her husband and child the year before) concern themselves with immediate issues that cannot be ignored.
