Woman in the Dunes (1964)
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.
Director:
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Writer:
Kōbō Abe
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Eiji Okada as Entomologist Niki Jumpei |
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Kyôko Kishida as The Woman |
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Hiroko Itō as Entomologist's Wife |
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Kōji Mitsui as Village Elder |
| Directing | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Director |
| Camera | Hiroshi Segawa | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Fusako Shuzui | Editor |
| Writing | Kōbō Abe | Novel |
| Writing | Kōbō Abe | Screenplay |
| Production | Kiichi Ichikawa | Producer |
| Production | Tadashi Ôno | Producer |
| Sound | Toru Takemitsu | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Tōtetsu Hirakawa | Production Design |
| Art | Masao Yamazaki | Production Design |
| Sound | Ichiro Kato | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Shigenosuke Okuyama | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Keiji Mori | Sound Effects Editor |
| Directing | Isao Fujisawa | Assistant Director |