The Wicker Man
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1973 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Director | Robin Hardy |
| Cast | Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento |
| Genre | Folk horror film |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Wicker Man | – |
| Español | El hombre de mimbre | El hombre de mimbre |
| Français | The Wicker Man | The Wicker Man |
| Deutsch | The Wicker Man | The Wicker Man |
| Português | O Homem de Palha | O Homem de Palha |
| Italiano | The Wicker Man | The Wicker Man |
| Русский | Плетёный человек | Pletyonyy chelovek |
| 中文（简体） | 柳条人 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 柳條人 | – |
| 한국어 | 위커 맨 | Wikeo Maen |
| ไทย | – | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Người Rơm | Người Rơm |
| Bahasa Indonesia | The Wicker Man | The Wicker Man |
| 日本語 | ウィッカーマン | Wikkāman |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which religious certainty and communal sacrifice collide within an isolated pagan society
■ Synopsis
A devout police sergeant investigates a missing girl on a remote island and is drawn into a ritual order that has already assigned him a role.
■ RECIPE Tags
#ReligiousCertainty #RitualSacrifice #CommunalFaith #MoralEntrapment
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Can absolute faith recognize another faith without reducing it to evil?
Reason: The investigator’s Christianity and the islanders’ pagan order confront each other as incompatible total systems.
Related Film: Witchfinder General - Middle: Does a community become monstrous when its survival depends on sacred violence?
Reason: The island’s social harmony is sustained by ritual logic that turns murder into collective necessity.
Related Film: Midsommar - Core: Can moral certainty become the exact condition that makes a person sacrificeable?
Reason: The protagonist’s purity, authority, and belief are not incidental, but the qualities that complete the ritual structure.
Related Film: The Crucible
■ Secondary Axes
- Ritual Trap: Investigation becomes initiation into a ceremony whose meaning is hidden until completion.
Related Film: Kill List - Isolated Order: A closed community creates its own moral universe beyond outside judgment.
Related Film: Wake in Fright
■ Person
- Director: Robin Hardy
- Cast: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento
■ Structural Tags
#FaithCollision #RitualEntrapment #SacrificialLogic
■ Attribute Tags
#BritishFilm #1973Film #FolkHorrorFilm
