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- How long is Woman of the Dunes?
- Woman of the Dunes is 2 hr 5 min long.
- Who directed Woman of the Dunes?
- Hiroshi Teshigahara
- Who is Entomologist Niki Jumpei in Woman of the Dunes?
- Eiji Okada plays Entomologist Niki Jumpei in the film.
- What is Woman of the Dunes about?
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei (Eiji Okada) 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 (Kyôko Kishida) 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.