Poster for the movie Woman in the Dunes

Woman in the Dunes

1964 • 147 minutes
DramaThriller

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.

Picture of Eiji Okada

Eiji Okada

Entomologist Niki Jumpei

Picture of Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko Kishida

The Woman

Picture of Hiroko Itō

Hiroko Itō

Entomologist's Wife

Picture of Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui

Village Elder