Suna no onna : Woman in the dunes /
An amateur entomologist leaves Tokyo to study an unclassified species of beetle that resides in a remote, vast desert. When he misses his bus back to civilization, he is persuaded to spend the night in the home of a young widow who lives in a hut at the bottom of a sand dune.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Language Notes: | In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
2007
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| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
394. |
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| Summary: | An amateur entomologist leaves Tokyo to study an unclassified species of beetle that resides in a remote, vast desert. When he misses his bus back to civilization, he is persuaded to spend the night in the home of a young widow who lives in a hut at the bottom of a sand dune. |
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| Item Description: | DVD release of the 1964 motion picture. Story from the novel by Kobo Abe. One of three films in the set: Pitfall, Woman in the dunes, The face of another: three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara. Special features: video essay by critic James Quandt ; theatrical trailer. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (148 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital; mono.; NTSC. |
| Awards: | Winner of the Special Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival; Academy Award nominee for Best Director & Best Foreign Film. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematographer, Hiroshi Segawa ; art directors, Totetsu Hirakawa, Masao Yamazaki ; editor, Fusako Shuzui ; original music, Toru Takemitsu. |
| ISBN: | 1934121428 (disc) 9781934121429 (disc) 1934121673 (set) 9781934121672 (set) |