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The Castle of Sand

The Castle of Sand

19747.32h 23m

Overview

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

Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura
Written by Seicho Matsumoto, Shinobu Hashimoto, Yoji Yamada
Produced by Masayuki Satō, Shinobu Hashimoto, Yoshiharu Mishima
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Top 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

Themes & Keywords

japancountrysidebased on novel or bookcomposerleprosytokyo, japanclass differencesbludgeoningpolice investigationmurder investigationtrain travelconcert pianistorchestra conductorretired policemanpolice proceduralmusical expression

About The Castle of Sand

The Castle of Sand is a crime, mystery, drama film released in 1974 exploring themes of japan, countryside, based on novel or book, composer, leprosy, tokyo, japan. Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, it stars Tetsuro Tamba, Gō Katō, Kensaku Morita. 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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