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The Castle of Sand

Yoshitarō Nomura

1974 • 2h 23m

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

The Castle of Sand

The Castle of Sand - Suna no utsuwa (1974)

Cast

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro TambaDetective Eitaro Imanishi

Gō Katō

Gō KatōEiro Waga

Kensaku Morita

Kensaku MoritaDetective Hiroshi Yoshimura

Yoko Shimada

Yoko ShimadaReiko Takagi

Karin Yamaguchi

Karin YamaguchiSachiko Tadakoro

Shin Saburi

Shin SaburiEx-Finance Minister, Shigeki Tadokoro

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi KatōChiyokichi Motoura

Kazuhide Haruta

Kazuhide HarutaHideo Motoura

Ken Ogata

Ken OgataKenichi Miki

Seiji Matsuyama

Seiji MatsuyamaShokichi Miki

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi NaitōSearch Section Chief

Chishū Ryū

Chishū RyūKojuro Kirihara

Masumi Harukawa

Masumi HarukawaNaka Sumie

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio InabaSearch Chief Clerk

Tokue Hanazawa

Tokue HanazawaMiki's Colleague in Flashback

Crew

Yoshitarō Nomura

Yoshitarō NomuraDirector

Seicho Matsumoto

Seicho MatsumotoNovel

Shinobu Hashimoto

Shinobu HashimotoProducer

Takashi Kawamata

Takashi KawamataDirector of Photography

Yoji Yamada

Yoji YamadaScreenplay

Yasushi Akutagawa

Yasushi AkutagawaMusic Director

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