Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna)

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Directed by

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Starring

Eiji Okada
Entomologist Niki Jumpei

Kyôko Kishida
Woman

Koji Mitsui

Sen Yano

Hideo Kanze

Hiroyuki Nishimoto

Tamotsu Tamura

Written by

Kobo Abe
novel

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The Sands hide Truth to Existence.

12 years, 9 months ago at Aug 25 22:56

Lexi

5 votes

''Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel?''

An amateur entomologist searching for insects by the sea is trapped by local villagers into living with a mysterious woman who spends almost all her time preventing her home from being swallowed up by advancing sand dunes.

Eiji Okada: Entomologist Niki Jumpei

Kyôko Kishida: Woman

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A classic

5 years ago at May 10 19:22

johanlefourbe

5 votes

I wasn't really sure what to expect from this movie but since this one was included in the '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die' list, I was quite eager to check it out. First of all, it is obvious that you can't really analyse this movie as a straightforward story as the concept was rather preposterous. I mean, let's assume that this village would really need to dig the sand to survive, it wo... read more

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10 months ago at Aug 11 3:28

fernando

5 votes

(OK) Takes long time and lot of sand, to build his tale. The woman is imposibble to catch that's the idea, is as 'unsaisable' as the sand. The hero is imaginative to make devises to escape but not to establusbh human relations, that burdens the film...great photography...

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Description: An amateur entomologist searching for insects by the sea is trapped by local villagers into living with a mysterious woman who spends almost all her time preventing her home from being swallowed up by advancing sand dunes. The woman and the trapped man begin a strange and erotic relationship that stretches over years, as the man's hope for escape dims. ... (more)

Release date: 25 October 1964
UPC: 014381593822

Tags: Japan (13), 1964 (8), Japanese (8), 1960s (8), Japanese New Wave (5), Drama (4), Thriller (4), Prisoner (4), Based On Novel (4), Desert (3), Entomologist (3), Sand (3), Isolation (3), Insect (3), B&w (3), Kobo Abe (3), Not Foreign Language (2), East Asia (2), Dunes (2), Woman In The Dunes (2)

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“(OK) Takes long time and lot of sand, to build his tale. The woman is imposibble to catch that's the idea, is as 'unsaisable' as the sand. The hero is imaginative to make devises to escape but not to establusbh human relations, that burdens the film...great photography...” read more

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" Notes: First of all, it is obvious that you can't really analyse this movie as a straightforward story as the concept was rather preposterous. I mean, let's assume that this village would really need to dig the sand to survive, it would be much easier and efficient to send some of the local villagers every 3 months willingly going down there for a specific period of time instead of kidnapping some poor random guy. Eventually, it was a very subtle parable but did I really get what the director "

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