Woman in the Dunes
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Woman in the Dunes

Woman in the Dunes

8.2/ 10

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1964

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147 min

Runtime

Drama
Thriller

Overview

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.

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Keywords

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
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Reviews(2)

8.5avg rating
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hanszha

December 15, 2023

10
10/10

- to me utterly & completely incomprehensable that this movie has been so neglected , Not included in - more 'popular' -watchlists ( or 'best movie' -lists ... ) - it is a Grand Feast for the eyes and the mind : the story , the acting , the photography is of such superb level !!! - i would

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

February 6, 2025

7
7/10

Yikes, but for a film almost entirely set outdoors it’s remarkably claustrophobic! It’s about the exploring bug hunter “Jumpei” (Eiji Okada) who finds himself a bit lost out in the sand dunes after he misses the last bus of the day. A friendly villager offers him some shelter for the night, buy boy

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