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Genre: Drama / Thriller /  more » Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 1 nomination  more » User Ratings: 8.2 (7,271 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: Jumpei Niki, a Tokyo based entomologist and educator, is in a poor seaside village collecting specimens of sand insects...  more »

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Filmmakers: Hiroshi Teshigahara - Director, Kôbô Abe - Writer (novel) (screenplay), Eiko Yoshida - Writer (scripter), Kiichi Ichikawa - Producer, Tadashi Ôno - Producer, Hiroshi Segawa - Cinematographer, Tôru Takemitsu - Composer, Tôtetsu Hirakawa - Production Designer, Masao Yamazaki - Production Designer, Fusako Shuzui - Editor  more »

Credited cast		STARmeter™
	Eiji Okada ... Entomologist Niki Jumpei	47,633
	Kyôko Kishida ... Woman	74,293
	Hiroko Itô ... Entomologist's wife (in flashbacks)	326,772
	Kôji Mitsui	177,080
	Sen Yano	501,191