CinemaOSMovie · 1974 · 2h 23m

The Castle of Sand

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

Directed byYoshitarō Nomura

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 23m
Language
JA
Released
October 19, 1974
Studios
Shochiku

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The Castle of Sand - Suna no utsuwa (1974)

The Castle of Sand - Suna no utsuwa (1974)

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Yoshitarō Nomura
Yoshitarō Nomura
Written by
Shinobu Hashimoto
Shinobu Hashimoto
Yoji Yamada
Yoji Yamada
Produced by
Shinobu Hashimoto
Shinobu Hashimoto
Yoshiharu Mishima

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