Woman in the Dunes

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Woman in the Dunes is a 1964 Japanese psychological drama film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, renowned for its surreal, existential story of a man trapped in a sand dune with a mysterious woman and its striking, avant-garde visual style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn The Woman in the Dunes NERFINISHED
novel by Kōbō Abe
cinematographyBy Hiroshi Segawa NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Japan
countryOfSetting Japan NERFINISHED
criticalReception acclaimed
director Hiroshi Teshigahara NERFINISHED
distributor Janus Films NERFINISHED
Toho NERFINISHED
editedBy Fusako Shuzui NERFINISHED
enteredInto 1964 Cannes Film Festival
festivalAward Special Jury Prize at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival
filmMovement Japanese New Wave NERFINISHED
genre art film
avant-garde film
drama
psychological drama
surrealist film
hasISBNAdaptation The Woman in the Dunes (novel) NERFINISHED
homeMediaRelease The Criterion Collection NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Niki Jumpei NERFINISHED
The Woman NERFINISHED
musicBy Tōru Takemitsu NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus man trapped in a sand dune with a woman
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film NERFINISHED
originalLanguage Japanese
producer Hiroshi Teshigahara NERFINISHED
productionCompany Toho NERFINISHED
recognizedAs classic of world cinema
landmark of Japanese cinema
releaseDate 1964-02-15
releaseYear 1964
runtimeMinutes 147
screenwriter Kōbō Abe NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 1960s
starred Eiji Okada NERFINISHED
Hiroko Itō NERFINISHED
Kyōko Kishida NERFINISHED
theme absurdity of existence
alienation
existentialism
freedom and confinement
identity
visualStyle avant-garde
high-contrast black-and-white cinematography
surreal

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Japanese New Wave notableFilm Woman in the Dunes