The Woman in the Dunes AKA The Woman of the Dunes [砂の女]Ω
[related: Kōbō Abe]
An existentialist novel by Japanese author Kōbō Abe set in the Tottori Sand Dunes. Originally published in 1962, the novel centers on an entomologist trapped with a lonely woman in a sand pit by a group of villagers. Over time, the novel's protagonist begins to see his imprisonment as freedom, developing deep feelings for the woman and forgoing escape when given the opportunity. The Woman in the Dunes opens with the aphorism: "Without the threat of punishment, there is no joy in the fight". Abe's equating of entrapment and eroticism throughout the novel proved controversial in 1960's, elements preserved and often heightened in the subsequent award-winning 1964 film adaptation - in part by its ruthlessly experimental soundtrack.[1]. Much more celebrated were the film's stunningly artful and darkly erotic cinema posters.
Ωref#[I, Antichrist] :: Neon Genesis Evangelion (Post-Vasectomy).
- ↑ One of the first Japanese films scored using electronic elements. Robert Ebert claimed: it sounds as if "the wings of metal swans are rusting the rain."