This release can only be found in the following box set: Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara
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Toho Co.
Directed by: Hiroshi Teshigahara
One of the sixties' great international art-house sensations, Woman in the Dunes was for many the grand unveiling of the surreal, idiosyncratic worldview of Hiroshi Teshigahara. Eija Okada plays an amateur entomologist who has left Tokyo to study an unclassified species of beetle that resides in a remote, vast desert; when he misses his bus back to civilization, he is persuaded to spend the night in the home of a young widow (Kiyoko Kishida) who lives in a hut at the bottom of a sand dune. What results is one of cinema's most bristling, unnerving, and palpably erotic battles of the sexes, as well as a nightmarish depiction of everyday Sisyphean struggle, for which Teshigahara received an Academy Award nomination for best director.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
DVD
Disc:
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
Japanese Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Video Essay, Theatrical Trailer
- Video essay on the film from 2007 by film scholar James Quandt
- Trailer
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Release Credits
Artwork: Neil Kellerhouse
Producer: Kate Elmore
Release Notes on Restoration
Woman in the Dunes
The films in this collection are presented in their original aspect ratios of 1.33:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. These new high-definition digital transfers were created on a Spirit Datacine from 35mm composite fine-grain master positives. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches were removed using the MTI Digital Restoration System. To maintain optimal image quality through the compression process, the picture on these dual-layer DVD-9s were encoded at the highest-possible bit rate for the quantity of materials included.
The soundtracks for Pitfall and The Face of Another were mastered at 24-bit from 35mm optical soundtrack prints. The soundtrack for Woman in the Dunes was mastered at 24-bit from the optical fine-grain print. Audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle. The Dolby Digital 1.0 signal will be directed to the center channel on 5.1-channel sound systems, but some viewers may prefer to switch to two-channel playback for a wider dispersal of the mono sound.
The soundtracks for Pitfall and The Face of Another were mastered at 24-bit from 35mm optical soundtrack prints. The soundtrack for Woman in the Dunes was mastered at 24-bit from the optical fine-grain print. Audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle. The Dolby Digital 1.0 signal will be directed to the center channel on 5.1-channel sound systems, but some viewers may prefer to switch to two-channel playback for a wider dispersal of the mono sound.