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Quick Info

Rating

8.2/10

Release1964

Runtime2h 27m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Teshigahara Productions

Movie

Woman in the Dunes

1964

2h 27m

8.2

Drama

Thriller

Synopsis

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.

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