Woman in the Dunes

Name: Woman in the Dunes
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Released: 1964
Duration: 147 min
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida, Kôji Mitsui, Hiroko Itô, Sen Yano

1964 · 147 MIN · IMDB 8.4 · 23,937 VOTES · DIR. Hiroshi Teshigahara

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 655 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:05:15 This is terrible.

00:09:05 What'll you do now?

00:12:55 Please.

00:15:49 The saw-beetle?

00:19:36 See, even the bedding's damp.

00:22:10 Isn't it a mistake?

00:32:53 That's funny. The ladder's gone.

00:37:36 Why involve me?

00:44:34 Don't wear anything in bed... best not to.

00:51:19 No. Smoking makes me thirsty.

00:54:40 Water! Please!

01:00:30 You advertise it and develop it as a new tourist area.

01:05:47 Aren't all the women in the city beautiful?

01:18:24 In my case, it's only till I'm rescued.

01:21:43 Scissors?

01:26:44 I'll take you. Stand there.

01:41:55 Someone help me!

01:45:43 That's all right. You don't have to do that.

01:48:42 Anyone would know. The room's screaming for help.

01:54:00 Are you joking? Against the law... it's salty!

01:57:47 Then show us that.

02:10:41 It'll be December soon.

02:16:29 Is the wind down?

02:26:04 REPORT OF MISSING PERSON

Cast & Characters

Eiji Okada Entomologist Niki Jumpei Kyôko Kishida Woman Kôji Mitsui Village elder Hiroko Itô Entomologist's wife (in flashbacks) Sen Yano Ginzô Sekiguchi Robert Dunham ? Kiyohiko Ichihara Hideo Kanze Hiroyuki Nishimoto

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed655

Dialogue density4.5 lines / min

First line00:05:15

Final line02:26:04

Production Record

DirectorHiroshi Teshigahara

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes23,937