CrimeMysteryDrama
The Castle of Sand
User Score51 votes
73%7.3/10
Release1974→
Runtime2H 23M
LanguageJapanese
StatusReleased
Synopsis
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
Principal Cast8
Tetsuro Tamba
Detective Eitaro Imanishi
Gō Katō
Eiro Waga
Kensaku Morita
Detective Hiroshi Yoshimura
Yoko Shimada
Reiko Takagi
Karin Yamaguchi
Sachiko Tadakoro
Shin Saburi
Ex-Finance Minister, Shigeki Tadokoro
Yoshi Katō
Chiyokichi Motoura
Kazuhide Haruta
Hideo Motoura
Media8
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Director
Yoshitarō Nomura
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Keywords
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Countries:Japan
Production:Shochiku