Woman in the Dunes

Woman in the Dunes is a 1964 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara. The film is based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Kobo Abe, who also accounted for the script.

The film in 1964 received the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes film festival and was later nominated for an Academy Award in the category for best foreign language film and best director. ==Plot[ Edit] == An entomologist (Eiji Okada) is located in a remote area outside Tokyo to collect bugs. When he misses the last bus home, he is going to spend the night with a single woman (Kyōko Kishida) whose house in a sand pit is only accessible through a vertical ladder. When the man wakes up the next morning is descended the ladder with which he is gone. He is referred to by the wife and the villagers held captive and is doomed to live in the sand pit. Gradually, rests the entomologist in his fate and develops a relationship between him and the woman.