Credits in Japanese with English and French subtitles ; Japanese dialogue, English subtitles. Based on the novel by Kōbō Abe. Made in 1964. Eiji Okada, Kyōko Kishida.
Summary:
An entomologist is tricked by villagers into spending the night in a shack in a sandpit with a widow whose task is endlessly to haul away sand. The next day, he finds out that he cannot escape. Gradually, however, he accepts his fate.
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