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Woman in the Dunes or Woman of the Dunes (砂の女, Suna No Onna, "Sand Woman") is a 1964 Japanese New Wave avant-garde psychological thriller and drama film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, starring Eiji Okada as an entomologist searching for insects and Kyōko Kishida as the titular woman.
Woman in the Dunes: Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara. With Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida, Kôji Mitsui, Hiroko Itô. An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.
I watched Woman in the Dunes in college for a course on Japanese literature. I've never forgotten the image of the woman who must dig herself out of the sands each day just to survive. A remarkable metaphor for life.
One of the 1960s’ great international art-house sensations, Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna) was for many the grand unveiling of the surreal, idiosyncratic world of Hiroshi Teshigahara.
The Woman in the Dunes ( Japanese: 砂の女, Hepburn: Suna no Onna, lit. "Sand Woman") is a novel by the Japanese writer Kōbō Abe, published in 1962. It won the 1962 Yomiuri Prize for literature, and an English translation by E. Dale Saunders, and a film adaptation, directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, appeared in 1964.
1 Feb 1998 · There is a harsh musical chord at this moment, announcing the harsh surprise of "Woman in the Dunes” (1964), one of the rare films able to combine realism with a parable about life. The man (Eiji Okada) is expected to remain in the pit and join the woman in shoveling sand, which is hauled to the surface in bags by the villagers.
14 Jun 2023 · Hiroshi Teshigahara’s adaptation of Kobo Abe’s highly acclaimed novel Woman in the Dunes (‘Suna no Onna’, 1964) opens with a shot of huge uncanny crystal things which seems to be in motionless state.
