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Woman in the Dunes: Full Cast & Crew 1964 Drama
Entomologist Niki Jumpei (Eiji Okada) misses the last bus home when exploring for insects in a series of sand dunes, and is persuaded by local villagers to spend the night in a house at the bottom of the sandpit. An unnamed young widow (Kyôko Kishida) lives there alone, forced by the villagers to dig the sand that they sell to nearby cities for construction. Enslaved to dig sand alongside the widow, Niki plots his escape even as he adapts to his imprisonment. Released: Oct 25, 1964 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Hiroshi Teshigahara Director Eiji Okada Entomologist Niki Jumpei Actor Kyôko Kishida Woman Actor Kôji Mitsui Actor Hiroko Ito Entomologist's wife (in flashbacks) Actor Sen Yano Actor Ginzô Sekiguchi Actor Kiyohiko Ichiha Actor Tamatsu Tamura Actor Hiroyuki Nishimo Actor Kobo Abe Writer Kiichi Ichikawa Producer Tadashi Oono Producer Toru Takemitsu Original Music Hiroshi Segawa Cinematographer Fusako Shuzui Film Editing