Woman in the Dunes
Haunting. Erotic. Unforgettable.
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.
- Year: 1964
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Studio: Teshigahara Productions
- Keyword: based on novel or book, insect, sand, art house, water shortage, psychological thriller, black and white, held captive, skin, trapped, missing person, sexual torture, sand dune, erotic photography, water pump, japanese new wave, slave labor, entomologist, escape attempt, sand pit, forced labor, texture, avant garde, disappeared, barbaric behavior
- Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
- Cast: Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida, Hiroko Itō, Kōji Mitsui