The read
A Balasaur Score of 88 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 791 1960s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
544 audience votes
Key crew
- Hiroshi TeshigaharaDirector
- Kōbō AbeScreenplay
- Tōru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Eiji OkadaEntomologist Niki Jumpei
- Kyôko KishidaThe Woman
- Kōji MitsuiVillage Elder
- Hiroko ItōEntomologist's Wife
- Sen YanoVillager
- Hideo KanzeVillager
- Ginzô SekiguchiVillager
- Kiyohiko IchiharaVillager
- Hiroyuki NishimotoVillager
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookinsectsandart housewater shortagepsychological thrillerblack and whiteheld captiveskintrappedmissing personsexual torture
The Best Movies of 1964
Woman in the Dunes is #2 of 60
