Woman in the Dunes poster
Director Hiroshi Teshigahara
Screenplay Kōbō Abe

Woman in the Dunes

Original Title: 砂の女

Tagline: Haunting. Erotic. Unforgettable.

Release Date: 1964-02-15

Duration: 147 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Kyôko Kishida
    The Woman
  • Eiji Okada
    Entomologist Niki Jumpei
  • Kōji Mitsui
    Village Elder
  • Hiroko Itō
    Entomologist's Wife