Woman in the Dunes

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Woman in the Dunes is a 1964 Japanese psychological drama film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, renowned for its surreal, existential story of a man trapped in a sand dune with a mysterious woman and its striking, avant-garde visual style.

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novel by Kōbō Abe
cinematographyBy Hiroshi Segawa NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Japan
countryOfSetting Japan
criticalReception acclaimed
director Hiroshi Teshigahara
distributor Janus Films
Toho
editedBy Fusako Shuzui
enteredInto 1964 Cannes Film Festival
festivalAward Special Jury Prize at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival
filmMovement Japanese New Wave
genre art film
avant-garde film
drama
psychological drama
surrealist film
hasISBNAdaptation The Woman in the Dunes (novel)
linked to: Woman in the Dunes
homeMediaRelease The Criterion Collection
mainCharacter Niki Jumpei
The Woman
musicBy Tōru Takemitsu
linked to: Toru Takemitsu
narrativeFocus man trapped in a sand dune with a woman
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
originalLanguage Japanese
producer Hiroshi Teshigahara
productionCompany Toho
recognizedAs classic of world cinema
landmark of Japanese cinema
releaseDate 1964-02-15
releaseYear 1964
runtimeMinutes 147
screenwriter Kōbō Abe
setInPeriod 1960s
starred Eiji Okada NERFINISHED
Hiroko Itō
Kyōko Kishida
theme absurdity of existence
alienation
existentialism
freedom and confinement
identity
visualStyle avant-garde
high-contrast black-and-white cinematography
surreal

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Japanese New Wave notableFilm Woman in the Dunes
Kōbō Abe notableWork The Woman in the Dunes
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Kōbō Abe adaptedWork The Woman in the Dunes (1964 film)
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Kōbō Abe wroteScreenplayFor The Woman in the Dunes (1964 film)
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Woman in the Dunes basedOn The Woman in the Dunes
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Woman in the Dunes hasISBNAdaptation The Woman in the Dunes (novel)
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Hiroshi Teshigahara notableWork Woman in the Dunes
Hiroshi Teshigahara directed Woman in the Dunes