Round 9: Tossup 15

A film by this director adapts a teleplay in which a mysterious man in a white suit murders several miners. The room-size piece “Elliptical Garden” exemplifies this director’s bamboo art. In the opening of a film by this director, the protagonist hallucinates a woman after musing that official documents like ID cards and deeds “seem endless.” That film by this director cuts to a close-up on the eye of a crow after an intense sequence (15[1])in which people wearing animal masks voyeuristically coerce a man into committing rape. This director’s familial tradition of Sōgetsu ikebana inspired a love for (*) architecture evident in his nearly-silent documentary (10[1])Antonio Gaudí. (10[4])Closeups on insects (10[1])feature throughout the opening of a film by this director in which villagers trap the (10[1])protagonist at the bottom of a sand pit. For 10 points, name this director who collaborated with composer Tōru Takemitsu and (10[1])screenwriter Kōbō Abe (“KOH-boh AH-bay”) on films like Pitfall (-5[1])and Woman in the Dunes. ■END■

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