When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.
Koji Tsuruta
Dr. Soda
Yoshiko Sakuma
Naoko Kubo
So Yamamura
Ishigami
Yūnosuke Itō
Huang
Ken Takakura
Hari
Isao Yamagata
Motoi
Fumitake Ōmura
Ashikawa
Harumi Sone
Wu
Masumi Okada
Rosuki
The Sand City in Manchuria is a drama film released in 1960. Directed by Kiyoshi Saeki, it stars Koji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Naoko Kubo. When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.
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