Woman in the Dunes

Name: Woman in the Dunes
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1964
Duration: 2 h 27 min
Rating: 8.207

Haunting. Erotic. Unforgettable.

1964·Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara·4.4·2h 27m

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Drama Thriller Japan

An entomologist suffers extreme psychological and sexual torture after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village.

Recommended by 3 People

“It is slow and it is absolutely, stunningly beautiful, in black and white. I've never seen anything like it.”

Jodie Foster

Actor, Director

“I revisited this during lockdown in 2020 and it really struck me as the perfect quarantine movie—just one of the great films about men and women.”

Ari Aster

Director, Writer

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