Haunting. Erotic. Unforgettable.
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.
Directed byHiroshi Teshigahara
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 27m
- Language
- JA
- Released
- February 15, 1964
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Featuring
Cast & crew
Eiji Okada
Entomologist Niki Jumpei
Kyôko Kishida
The Woman
Kōji Mitsui
Village Elder
Hiroko Itō
Entomologist's Wife
Sen Yano
Villager
Hideo Kanze
Villager
Ginzô Sekiguchi
Villager
Kiyohiko Ichihara
Villager
Hiroyuki Nishimoto
Villager
- Directed by
- Hiroshi Teshigahara
- Written by
- Kōbō Abe
- Produced by
- Kiichi IchikawaTadashi Ôno
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