Woman in the Dunes
砂の女
1964 · 2h 27m · Drama, Thriller · Japan · Rated 18 (DE)
Haunting. Erotic. Unforgettable.
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.
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art houseavant gardebarbaric behaviorbased on novel or bookblack and whitedisappearedentomologisterotic photographyescape attemptforced laborheld captiveinsectjapanese new wavemissing personpsychological thrillersandsand dunesand pitsexual tortureskinslave labortexturetrappedwater pumpwater shortage
Rating18 (DE)
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