Woman in the dunes
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
[New York, N.Y. : The Criterion Collection,, [2016].
Format
DVD
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
ISBN
9781681431970, 1681431971
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (147 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
Status
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Published
[New York, N.Y. : The Criterion Collection,, [2016].
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Language
jpn
ISBN
9781681431970, 1681431971
UPC
715515185011
Notes
General Note
Based on a novel with the same title by K¿b¿ Abe.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
General Note
Special features on disc one: Video essay on the film from 2007 by film scholar James Quandt; Trailer ; on disc two: Four short films from director Hiroshi Teshigahara's early career: Hokusai (1953), Ikebana (1956), Tokyo 1958 (1958), and Ako (1965); Teshigahara and Abe, a 2007 documentary examining the collaboration between Teshigahara and novelist Kobo Abe, featuring interviews with film scholars Donald Richie and Tadao Sato, film programmer Richard Pe©ła, set designer Arata Isozaki, producer Noriko Nomura, and screenwriter John Nathan; booklet essay by film scholar Audie Bock and a 1980 interview with Teshigahara.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Hiroshi Segawa; editor, Fusako Shuzui; music, T¿ru Takemitsu.
Participants/Performers
Eiji Okada, Kyōko Kishida, Hiroko Itō, Kōji Mitsui, Sen Yano, Ginzō Sekiguchi.
Description
An amateur entomologist is left in Tokyo to study an unclassified species of beetle found in sandy locations. When he misses his bus back to civilization, he is persuaded to spend the night with a young widow in her hut at the bottom of a sand dune. What results is one of cinema's most unnerving and palpably erotic battles of the sexes, as well as a nightmarish depiction of the Sisyphean struggle of everyday life.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; fullscreen 1.33:1 presentation; Dolby digital 1.0.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
20180125.
Language
Japanese dialogue; optional English subtitles.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Abe, Kōbō, -- 1924-1993 -- Film adaptations.
Abe, Kōbō, -- 1924-1993.
Deserts -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Japan -- Drama.
Japanese language materials.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Sand -- Drama.
Sand dunes -- Drama.
Scientists -- Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures).
Widows -- Drama.
Abe, Kōbō, -- 1924-1993.
Deserts -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Japan -- Drama.
Japanese language materials.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Sand -- Drama.
Sand dunes -- Drama.
Scientists -- Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures).
Widows -- Drama.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Teshigahara, H., Ichikawa, K., Okada, E., Kishida, K., Ōno, T., & Abe, K. (2016). Woman in the dunes (Two-DVD special edition.). The Criterion Collection, .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hiroshi. Teshigahara et al.. 2016. Woman in the Dunes. The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hiroshi. Teshigahara et al.. Woman in the Dunes The Criterion Collection, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Teshigahara, Hiroshi., et al. Woman in the Dunes Two-DVD special edition., The Criterion Collection, , 2016.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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