Classic, Cannes-winning and Oscar-nominated Japanese allegorical drama, based on the novel by Kôbô Abe. A stranded entomologist (Eiji Okada) is offered sanctuary...
Classic, Cannes-winning and Oscar-nominated Japanese allegorical drama, based on the novel by Kôbô Abe. A stranded entomologist (Eiji Okada) is offered sanctuary with a young widow (Kyôko Kishida) in a rundown hut at the bottom of a large sandpit, accessible only by a rope ladder. He soon finds that he is trapped with the woman, who busies herself shovelling sand off her house.
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100 %34 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
93 %5,444 reviewsAudience score rating
"A basically simple tale takes on two profound and symbolic sides as to the very meaning of life and mankind."
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Variety
Variety"Whether the grains are shown running like water or in super-large close-up, sand's rarely been this interesting."
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Total Film
Total Film"Filmed with a palpable physicality that remains extraordinary."
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Time Out
Time Out"A strongly allegorical, strangely engrossing film."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Like some weird dream."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"More than almost any other film I can think of, Woman in the Dunes' uses visuals to create a tangible texture - of sand, of skin, of water seeping into sand and changing its nature."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"This is hypnotic, emotionally wrenching filmmaking."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineWoman in the Dunes | Details
Award winner- Jury Special Prize at Cannes Film Festival 1964
- Rating
- M,
- Runtime
- 123
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- Japan
