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Woman in the Dunes

8.219642h 27mNRMovieDramaThriller

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.

DirectorHiroshi Teshigahara
WriterKōbō Abe
ProducersTadashi Ôno·Kiichi Ichikawa

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Cast · Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara

EOEiji Okada
Eiji Okada
Entomologist Niki Jumpei
KKKyôko Kishida
Kyôko Kishida
The Woman
KMKōji Mitsui
Kōji Mitsui
Village Elder
HI
Hiroko Itō
Entomologist's Wife
SYSen Yano
Sen Yano
Villager
HKHideo Kanze
Hideo Kanze
Villager
GS
Ginzô Sekiguchi
Villager
KI
Kiyohiko Ichihara
Villager
HN
Hiroyuki Nishimoto
Villager

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