The Castle of Sand

The Castle of Sand

1974
2h 23m
7.3

7.3/10

51 votes • View on IMDb
Crime Mystery Drama
Overview

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

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Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Shochiku
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

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Quick Facts

Original Title 砂の器
Release Date October 19, 1974
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0202604

Cast

Tetsuro Tamba
Tetsuro Tamba

Detective Eitaro Imanishi

Gō Katō
Gō Katō

Eiro Waga

Kensaku Morita
Kensaku Morita

Detective Hiroshi Yoshimura

Yoko Shimada
Yoko Shimada

Reiko Takagi

Karin Yamaguchi
Karin Yamaguchi

Sachiko Tadakoro

Shin Saburi
Shin Saburi

Ex-Finance Minister, Shigeki Tadokoro

Yoshi Katō
Yoshi Katō

Chiyokichi Motoura

Kazuhide Haruta
Kazuhide Haruta

Hideo Motoura

Ken Ogata
Ken Ogata

Kenichi Miki

Seiji Matsuyama
Seiji Matsuyama

Shokichi Miki

Taketoshi Naitō
Taketoshi Naitō

Search Section Chief

Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū

Kojuro Kirihara

Key Crew

Yoshitarō Nomura
Director
Shinobu Hashimoto
Producer
Masayuki Satō
Producer
Yoshiharu Mishima
Producer
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Yoji Yamada
Screenplay