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Woman in the Dunes

  • February 15, 1964
  • 147 min.
  • Drama, Thriller
  • Japan
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.

Original title: 砂の女

3

nominations

33%

winning rate

1

win

Academy Awards #38 - 1966

Award People Status
Best Director Hiroshi Teshigahara

Academy Awards #37 - 1965

Award People Status
Best International Feature Film

Cannes Film Festival #17 - 1964

Award People Status
Special Jury Prize [Main Competition] Hiroshi Teshigahara Winner

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