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25 October 1964 (USA) moreTagline:
Haunting. Erotic. Unforgettable.Plot:
An amateur entomologist searching for insects by the sea is trapped by local villagers into living with... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Profound without being pretentious moreCast
(Credited cast) | Eiji Okada | ... | Entomologist Niki Jumpei |
| Kyôko Kishida | ... | Woman |
| Hiroko Ito | ... | Entomologist's wife (in flashbacks) |
| Koji Mitsui | ||
| Sen Yano | ||
| Ginzô Sekiguchi | ||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kiyohiko Ichiha | ||
| Hideo Kanze | ||
| Hiroyuki Nishimoto | ||
| Tamotsu Tamura | ||
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Woman in the Dunes (International: English title)Woman of the Dunes (International: English title)
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123 min | 147 min (director's cut)Country:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
Netherlands:12 | UK:15 (re-rating) (1992) | UK:X (original rating) | Norway:15 (TV rating) | West Germany:18Fun Stuff
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Man: It's useless. The sand can swallow up cities and countries, if it wants to. moreFAQ
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This classic film is one of the few to still live up to the name of "perfect film". Everything in the film is perfectly controlled and at the same time so natural.
The story involves an amateur entomologist captured in a giant sand pit somewhere on the coast of a small Japanese island. He tries to escape but a mysterious woman and some nasty villagers keep pulling him back in.
Despite being made in the early sixties this film still packs a dose of eroticism that most contemporary filmmakers pray to achieve. The black and white cinematography is absolutely haunting (watch out for poor video copies which are way too dark, there is a new DVD out which shows what the original print intended)
This is about as close as you can get to a perfect film. There is nothing that could ever be improved upon.