Woman in the Dunes
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A man collecting insects in remote sand dunes misses his bus home and is trapped by villagers at the bottom of a dune with a woman forced to shovel sand endlessly.
Why watch: Won the Cannes Special Jury Prize, then earned two Oscar nominations.
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Cast
Eiji Okada as Entomologist Niki Jumpei
Kyôko Kishida as The Woman
Kōji Mitsui as Village Elder
Hiroko Itō as Entomologist's Wife
Sen Yano as Villager
Hideo Kanze as Villager
Ginzô Sekiguchi as Villager
Kiyohiko Ichihara as Villager
Hiroyuki Nishimoto as Villager
Crew
Hiroshi Teshigahara — Director
Kōbō Abe — Screenplay
Kōbō Abe — Novel
Tadashi Ôno — Producer
Kiichi Ichikawa — Producer
Hiroshi Segawa — Director of Photography
Fusako Shuzui — Editor
Masao Yamazaki — Production Design
Tōtetsu Hirakawa — Production Design
Tōru Takemitsu — Original Music Composer
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