Woman in the Dunes

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.

Trailer

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Cast

Eiji Okada

Entomologist Niki Jumpei

Kyôko Kishida

The Woman

Kōji Mitsui

Village Elder

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Hiroko Itō

Entomologist's Wife

Sen Yano

Villager

Hideo Kanze

Villager

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Ginzô Sekiguchi

Villager

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Kiyohiko Ichihara

Villager

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Hiroyuki Nishimoto

Villager

Crew

Art

• Tōtetsu Hirakawa Production Design
• Masao Yamazaki Production Design

Camera

• Hiroshi Segawa Director of Photography

Directing

• Hiroshi Teshigahara Director
• Isao Fujisawa Assistant Director

Editing

• Fusako Shuzui Editor

Production

• Kiichi Ichikawa Producer
• Tadashi Ôno Producer

Sound

• Tōru Takemitsu Original Music Composer
• Ichiro Kato Sound Recordist
• Shigenosuke Okuyama Sound Recordist
• Keiji Mori Sound Effects Editor

Writing

• Kōbō Abe Novel
• Kōbō Abe Screenplay

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