Woman in the Dunes
Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Starring Kyôko Kishida
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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.
- Original title
- 砂の女
- Original language
- Japanese
- Screenplay
- Kōbō Abe
- Music
- Toru Takemitsu
- Cinematography
- Hiroshi Segawa
Updated July 22, 2026
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