Woman in the Dunes (ç Âã®女, Suna No Onna)Hiroshi Teshigahara's award-winning drama centers on a bug expert (Eiji Okada) conducting research who's captured by locals. Held captive in a sandpit with a young widow, he struggles with his imprisonment - and his growing attraction to the woman (KyÃ
Âko Kishida). Based on Kobo Abe's novel, the provocatively erotic allegorical film earned the Cannes Special Jury Prize and two Oscar nominations. [NR 147min 1964]
