71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Suna no onna / Woman in the Dunes

Hiroshi Teshigahara
Japan
Synopsis

An entomologist searching for insects in sand dunes is trapped in a house at the bottom of a deep hole where he is forced to live with a woman with whom he strikes up a tense relationship. The film earned the moviemaker international prestige and was his greatest collaboration with Kobo Abe.

Director
Hiroshi Teshigahara (Japan)
Screenplay
Kobo Abe
Production
Toho (Japan)
Teshigahara Productions (Japan)
Kiichi Ichikawa, Tadashi Ono
Photography
Hiroshi Segawa, Mitsuo Kume
Edition
Fusako Shuzui
Music
Toru Takemitsu
Sound
Ichiro Kato, Shigenosuke Okuyama, Kenji Mori
Cast
Eiji Okada, Kyoko Kishida, Hiroko Ito, Hideo Kanze, Tamotsu Tamura, Koji Mitsui, Ginzo Sekiguchi, Sen Yano, Kiyohiko Ichihara, Hiroyuki Nishimoto
Assistant Director
Masuo Ogawa
Running Time
147 m.
Country
Japan
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