Synopsis: Entomologist Niki Jumpei misses the last bus home when exploring for insects in a series of sand dunes, and is persuaded by local villagers to spend the night in a house at the bottom of the sandpit. An unnamed young widow lives there alone, forced by the villagers to dig the sand that they sell to nearby cities for construction. Enslaved to dig sand alongside the widow, Niki plots his escape even as he adapts to his imprisonment.
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Extra Features:
Video Essay on the film from 2007 by Film Scholar James Quandt
4 Short Films from Director Hiroshi Teshigahara's early career: "Hokusai" (1953), "Ikebana" (1956), "Tokyo 1958" (1958) & "Ako" (1965)
"Teshigahara and Abe" 2007 Documentary examining the collaboration between Teshigahara & Novelist Kobo Abe, featuring Interviews with Film Scholars Donald Richie & Tadao Sato, Film Programmer Richard Peña, Set Designer Arata Isozaki, Producer Noriko Nomura & Screenwriter John Nathan
Trailer
Essay by Film Scholar Audie Bock & a 1978 Interview with Teshigahara
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