1964 • NR • 2h 27m
8.2/10
(435 users) 
Overview
A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken capti 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.
8.2/10
(435 users) Cast / Crew 
Eiji Okada Entomologist Niki Jumpei 
Kyôko Kishida The Woman 
Hiroko Itō Entomologist's Wife 
Kōji Mitsui Village Elder 
Hiroshi Teshigahara Director Hiroshi Segawa Director of Photography Fusako Shuzui Editor 
Kōbō Abe Novel Kōbō Abe Screenplay Kiichi Ichikawa Producer Tadashi Ôno Producer 
Toru Takemitsu Original Music Composer Tōtetsu Hirakawa Production Design Masao Yamazaki Production Design Ichirô Katô Sound Recordist Shigenosuke Okuyama Sound Recordist Keiji Mori Sound Effects Editor
Eiji Okada Entomologist Niki Jumpei Kyôko Kishida The Woman Hiroko Itō Entomologist's Wife Kōji Mitsui Village Elder Hiroshi Teshigahara Director Hiroshi Segawa Director of Photography Fusako Shuzui Editor Kōbō Abe Novel Kōbō Abe Screenplay Kiichi Ichikawa Producer Tadashi Ôno Producer Toru Takemitsu Original Music Composer Tōtetsu Hirakawa Production Design Masao Yamazaki Production Design Ichirô Katô Sound Recordist Shigenosuke Okuyama Sound Recordist Keiji Mori Sound Effects Editor 
Keywords
based on novel or book insect sand art house water shortage psychological thriller black and white held captive skin trapped missing person sexual torture sand dune erotic photography water pump japanese new wave slave labor entomologist escape attempt sand pit forced labor texture avant garde disappeared barbaric behavior
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