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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.
Keywords
based on novel or book
insect
sand
art house
water shortage
psychological thriller
black and white
held captive
skin
trapped
missing person
sexual torture
sand dune
erotic photography
water pump
japanese new wave
slave labor
entomologist
escape attempt
sand pit
forced labor
texture
avant garde
disappeared
barbaric behavior
Casts
Eiji Okada
Entomologist Niki Jumpei
Kyôko Kishida
The Woman
Hiroko Itō
Entomologist's Wife
Kōji Mitsui
Village Elder
Crews
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Director
Kōbō Abe
Screenplay
Fusako Shuzui
Editor
Hiroshi Segawa
Director of Photography
Tadashi Ôno
Producer
Kiichi Ichikawa
Producer
Kōbō Abe
Novel
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Masao Yamazaki
Production Design
Ichirō Katō
Sound Recordist
Shigenosuke Okuyama
Sound Recordist
Keiji Mori
Sound Effects Editor
Tōtetsu Hirakawa
Production Design
Isao Fujisawa
Assistant Director
Backdrops & Posters
