Woman in the Dunes (1964)
NR 2h 27m 6.8/10 IMDb
A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and made to live with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Cast: Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida, Hiroko Itō, Kōji Mitsui
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Gaslighting / emotional manipulation Kidnapping / abduction Wrongful imprisonment
Phobias & Sensory
Confined spaces (claustrophobia) Spiders / insects
Sexual Content
Explicit sexual content / nudity Sexual coercion / non-consensual situations
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