Suna no onna (1964)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.2/10   

Director:

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Escritores:

Kôbô Abe (novel)
Kôbô Abe (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

25 octubre 1964 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

Haunting. Erotic. Unforgettable.

Plot:

An amateur entomologist searching for insects by the sea is trapped by local villagers into living with...

Plot Keywords:

Mysterious Woman | Sand Dune | Sand | Insect | Dune

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Best film analysis of existentionalism.

Reparto

Eiji Okada	...	Entomologist Niki Jumpei
Kyôko Kishida	...	Woman
Hiroko Ito	...	Entomologist's wife (in flashbacks)
Koji Mitsui
Sen Yano
Ginzô Sekiguchi
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Kiyohiko Ichiha
Hideo Kanze
Hiroyuki Nishimoto
Tamotsu Tamura

También conocida como:

Woman in the Dunes (International: English title)
Woman of the Dunes (International: English title)

Duración:

123 min | 147 min (director's cut)

País:

Japan

Idioma:

Japonés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

Netherlands:12 | UK:15 (re-rating) (1992) | UK:X (original rating) | Norway:15 (TV rating) | West Germany:18

Compañía:

Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.

Citas:

Man: It's like building a house in the water when ships exist. Why insist on a house?
Woman: You want to go home too.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu (1994)

Best film analysis of existentionalism.

Harsh and beautiful analysis of existentionalism. All the Sartrean trappings along with an element of Camus are presented in this film better than any other I know. The realization that life is absurd leads the main character to venture towards trying to make meaning out of what is essentially meaninglessness. The intersubjective relationship between man and woman is examined both erotically and violently while the villagers play the crucial role of the everpresent Other. Disturbing ending only underlies the overpowering presence of the sand dunes. The sand being the strongest metaphor in the film, illustrating the belief that life is nothing but a giant and endless egg-timer flowing sand down upon us. Highly recommended.