Woman in the dunes
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2007.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (148 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
jpn
UPC
715515024624

Notes

General Note
Title from container and disc sleeve.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
General Note
Set contains three feature films by Hiroshi Teshigahara.
General Note
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; video essay on the film by critic and festival programmer James Quandt; theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematographer, Hiroshi Segawa ; art directors, Totetsu Hirakawa, Masao Yamazaki ; editor, Fusako Shuzui ; original music, Toru Takemitsu.
Participants/Performers
Eiji Okada, Kyoko Kishida.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
Language
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Awards
Winner of the Special Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival; Academy Award nominee for Best Director & Best Foreign Film.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Teshigahara, H., Abe, K., Ichikawa, K., Ono, T., Okada, E., & Kishida, K. (2007). Woman in the dunes . Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hiroshi. Teshigahara et al.. 2007. Woman in the Dunes. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hiroshi. Teshigahara et al.. Woman in the Dunes Criterion Collection, 2007.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Teshigahara, Hiroshi., et al. Woman in the Dunes Criterion Collection, 2007.

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