Woman in the Dunes [1964 film]
by Hiroshi Teshigahara (Director), Kōbō Abe (Screenwriter)
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An amateur entomologist is left in Tokyo to study an unclassified species of beetle found in a vast desert. When he misses his bus back to civilization, he is persuaded to spend the night with a young widow in her hut at the bottom of a sand dune. What results is one of cinema's most unnerving and palpably erotic battles of the sexes, as well as a nightmarish depiction of the Sisyphean struggle of everyday life.Tags
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Poor villagers trap a man in a pit.
Like a Beckett play, minus any of the humor.
Concept: B
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: C
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: C minus
GPA: 2.7/4
Like a Beckett play, minus any of the humor.
Concept: B
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: C
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: C minus
GPA: 2.7/4
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- Canonical title
- Woman in the Dunes [1964 film]
- Original title
- 砂の女; Suna No Onna
- Alternate titles
- Woman of the Dunes; Sand Woman
- Original publication date
- 1964-02-15
- People/Characters
- Niki Junpei
- Important places
- Tokyo, Japan; Japan
- Related movies
- Woman in the Dunes (1964 | IMDb)
- Original language
- Japanese
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- 68
- Popularity
- 460,161
- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.43)
- Languages
- English, Japanese
- ISBNs
- 4
- UPCs
- 2
- ASINs
- 11
