Woman in the Dunes
1964 · Movie · 147 min. · Japan
An entomologist looking for insects in the desert accepts locals' offer to stay with a widow whose house is at the bottom of a sandpit, accessible only by a rope ladder. But overnight, the ladder disappears and there's no way of climbing the steep walls of sand. Then, a strange relationship begins.
Direction Hiroshi Teshigahara
Cast Eiji Okada · Kyôko Kishida · Hiroko Ito · Hideo Kanze · Tamotsu Tamura · Kiyohiko Ichihara · Koji Mitsui · Ginzô Sekiguchi · Hiroyuki Nishimoto
Soundtrack Tôru Takemitsu
Screenplay Kôbô Abe
Cinematography Hiroshi Segawa
Original title Suna no onna (Woman in the Dunes)
Also known as Woman of the Dunes
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