Woman in the Dunes (砂の女, Suna No Onna, also translated as Woman of the Dunes), is a novel by Kobo Abe and a film based on that novel directed by Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara. The novel was published in 1962, and the film was released in 1964. Kobo Abe also wrote the screenplay for the film version.

The surreal, and at times absurd, nature of Woman in the Dunes has drawn many comparisons to such major existentialist works as Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit and Samuel Beckett's Happy Days. Aside from its intriguing premise, this film is notable for the life that Teshigahara brings to the ever shifting sand, which almost becomes a character in its own right.

Somewhat unusually for an avant-garde film, Woman in the Dunes was successful in gaining attention at the major film award ceremonies. It won the Special Jury Prize at the 1964 Cannes film festival, and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in the same year (losing out to Italian film Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow). In 1965 Teshigahara was nominated for the Best Director Oscar (finishing behind Robert Wise for The Sound of Music).

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Woman in the Dunes / Suna no onna http://kinomall.ru/movie/woman_in_the_dunes_suna_no_onna.html?aid=2035
solnyshkoya (Солнце в душе) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:00:02 -0000
Woman in the Dunes / Suna no onna http://kinomall.ru/movie/woman_in_the_dunes_suna_no_onna.html?aid=2035
just watched The Face of Another. hard to top Woman in the Dunes, but still good.
Cos (Cos) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:05:30 -0000
just watched The Face of Another. hard to top Woman in the Dunes, but still good.
Watched Woman in the Dunes last night. A reminder that it's possible for a movie to be as good as the book it's based on.
deliciouscoma (Anjali) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:30:04 -0000
Watched Woman in the Dunes last night. A reminder that it's possible for a movie to be as good as the book it's based on.
Review of Woman in the Dunes (contains some spoilers!): http://ellipsisnovel.blogspot.com/2009/12/woman-in-dunes-by-kobo-abe-for-book.html
nikkidudley20 (Nikki Dudley) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:52:44 -0000
Review of Woman in the Dunes (contains some spoilers!): http://ellipsisnovel.blogspot.com/2009/12/woman-in-dunes-by-kobo-abe-for-book.html
On page 53 of 256 of The Woman in the Dunes by Abe Kōbō http://bit.ly/5xQ3sr
sireeshaavvari (Sireesha Avvari) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:09:31 -0000
On page 53 of 256 of The Woman in the Dunes by Abe Kōbō http://bit.ly/5xQ3sr
Woman in the Dunes / Suna no onna http://kinomall.ru/movie/woman_in_the_dunes_suna_no_onna.html?aid=2035
olenkahr (Оленька Хрущева) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:30:02 -0000
Woman in the Dunes / Suna no onna http://kinomall.ru/movie/woman_in_the_dunes_suna_no_onna.html?aid=2035

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