WOMAN OF THE DUNES - DVD

WOMAN OF THE DUNES
A film by Hiroshi Teshigahara

When teacher Junpei Niki misses his last bus home after a day out collecting insects on a remote stretch of coast, he is invited by a local villager to take shelter in a young widow's ramshackle hut. Ignoring the fact that her home is at the bottom of a sandpit accessible only by rope ladder, he accepts this hospitality without realising he is the victim of a cruel trick. Trapped, he is forced into an uneasy life with this woman, sharing with her the Sisyphean task of shovelling the sand that threatens to engulf them.

Out of this bizarre, if simple, situation, Hiroshi Teshigahara builds an atmospheric, highly charged and remarkably sensual exploration of the human condition. Adapted by Kôbô Abe from his own novel and featuring a chilling, minimalist score by the great avant-garde composer Toru Takemitsu, Woman of the Dunes won a Special Jury Prize at Cannes and was nominated for two Oscars .

Woman of the Dunes appears here in the full, original uncut version available for the first time in the UK.

Japan | 1964 | black and white | Japan language with English subtitles | 141 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1

Region 2 DVD