Overview:
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 |
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| Status: | Released (1964-02-15) |
| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. 11 wins & 3 nominations total |
| Screen: | Kôbô Abe, Eiko Yoshida |
| Productions: | Teshigahara Productions |
| Production Countries: | Japan |
| Spoken Languages: | 日本語 |
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Casts
- 25466: Eiji Okada - Entomologist Niki Jumpei
- 94188: Kyôko Kishida - The Woman
- 555339: Hiroko Itō - Entomologist's Wife
- 96804: Kōji Mitsui - Village Elder
Crews
- 96801: Hiroshi Teshigahara - Director - Directing
- 96809: Hiroshi Segawa - Director of Photography - Camera
- 96810: Fusako Shuzui - Editor - Editing
- 96807: Kōbō Abe - Novel - Writing
- 96807: Kōbō Abe - Screenplay - Writing
- 1089030: Kiichi Ichikawa - Producer - Production
- 1089017: Tadashi Ôno - Producer - Production
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Reviews
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- to me utterly & completely incomprehensable that this movie has been so neglected , Not included in - more 'popular' -watchlists ( or 'best movie' -lists ... ) - it is a Grand Feast for the eyes and the mind : the story , the acting , the photography is of such superb level ....
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Yikes, but for a film almost entirely set outdoors it’s remarkably claustrophobic! It’s about the exploring bug hunter “Jumpei” (Eiji Okada) who finds himself a bit lost out in the sand dunes after he misses the last bus of the day. A friendly villager offers him some shelter for the ....
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