movie poster for WOMAN OF THE DUNES

Flicks ID

5104

Cert

15

Running time

141 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

WOMAN OF THE DUNES (1964)

HIROSHI TESHIGAHARA

Plot

An entomologist, searching for insects in the desert, becomes trapped in a large escape-proof sandpit with a desirable, but inarticulate, woman, and a taught sexual tension gradually builds between them. On such a slight plot the film develops into an exploration of eroticism and the attraction between man and woman. An unusually cruel and suspense filled thriller.