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Woman in the Dunes

Movie
1964
2h 27m
NR
Japanese
Drama, Thriller
User Score: 
8.4
Critic Score: 
95
Woman in the Dunes' Poster
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.
Woman in the Dunes Poster

Woman in the Dunes

NR
Movie
1964
2h 27m
Japanese
Drama, Thriller
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.
Rating
WATCHMODE
8.4
IMDB
Woman in the Dunes (1964) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
95

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Eiji Okada
Entomologist Niki Jumpei
Hiroko It
Entomologist's Wife
Kji Mitsui
Village Elder
Directed By: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Written By: Kōbō Abe (Novel)

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KannoSugako says...
7 years ago
To accept one's so called fate or to reveal to it. Obedience/ disobedience, resignation/ resistance; is there really a choice? A political anthropology essay; a novel look at man's relationship with nature and power. This movie will stick with you like a thousand grains of sand.
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Random Cinephile says...
8 years ago
Essential movie by great new wave director, Hiroshi Teshigahara. I found a review which perfectly explains the essence of this movie: "I've recently discovered the great Hiroshi Teshigahara, his texture of water drops, skin and sand, hair and hope. The film is frightful because of the story, yet sublime because of this complicated "relationship" between man and nature. The character is not only a scared "tenant" of the dunes but his struggles and emotions are entirely swallowed by a holy "sandfall" - a metaphor. Marvel construction of motifs!" 15 September 2013 (Mubi, Cojocariu Claudia)
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Maarten Delfgou says...
3 years ago
The original title of the film is Suna no Onna.
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Sigeki Ogino says...
2 years ago
This is a film from my home country (Japan), but I don't like it very much. The visual experience of wandering around the world in the sand for a long time is unpleasant to watch. To begin with, Kobo Abe's original novel is not that good, but it is highly acclaimed overseas. However, the film is not without its good parts. However, it is doubtful if the visual experience of the unnecessary sandy prison is really of the same quality as that of "Eraserhead" when compared to it. Nevertheless, it is nice to see a film from my home country being highly praised.
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