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Writers:
Kôbô Abe (novel)
Kôbô Abe (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
25 October 1964 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Haunting. Erotic. Unforgettable.
Plot:
An amateur entomologist searching for insects by the sea is trapped by local villagers into living with... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Profound without being pretentious more (46 total)

Cast

  (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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Woman in the Dunes (International: English title)
Woman of the Dunes (International: English title)
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Runtime:
123 min | 147 min (director's cut)
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Language:
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Netherlands:12 | UK:15 (re-rating) (1992) | UK:X (original rating) | Norway:15 (TV rating) | West Germany:18

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Entomologist Niki Jumpei: Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Spider-Man 3 (2007) more

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28 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
Profound without being pretentious, 9 December 2004
10/10
Author: miszel

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.

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