The Castle of Sand (1974)
2h 23m
Running Time
October 19, 1974Release Date
The Castle of Sand (1974)
2h 23m
Running Time
October 19, 1974Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
Where to Watch.
SubsCurrently The Castle of Sand is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
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
Ken Ogata
Kenichi Miki
Junko Natsu
Akiko
Seiji Matsuyama
Shokichi Miki
Taketoshi Naitō
Search Section Chief
Chishū Ryū
Kojuro Kirihara
Masumi Harukawa
Naka Sumie
Yoshio Inaba
Search Chief Clerk
Tokue Hanazawa
Miki's Colleague in Flashback
Kinzō Shin
Linguistics Professor Kuwabara
Kappei Matsumoto
Mimori Police Chief
Jun Hamamura
Patrolman
Takanobu Hozumi
Matsuzaki
Hatsuo Yamaya
Iwagi Police Chief
Kin Sugai
Yamashita
Akiko Nomura
Old Woman at Wakaba Apartment
Kazuko Imai
Kenichi Miki's Wife
Mitsuyo Inomata
Waitress at Bar Ron
Yokichi Gotou
Tsutsui
Akira Sera
Fan Shop Owner
Akira Kubo
Patrolman at Setagaya
Keiji Tsuchida
West Kamata Chief Detective
Kibaji Tankobo
West Kamata Detective
Mitsuru Yamazaki
West Kamata Detective
Hideaki Komori
Metropolitan Police HQ Detective
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Movie Theater Manager
Taiji Tonoyama
Publican at Ebisu
Asaya Fujita
Forensic Technician
Tatsuo Sakurabe
Surgeon at Setagaya
Ken'ichi Katô
Policeman driving jeep at Mimori Station
Hisashi Imabashi
Asahi Shop Owner
Sanpeita Mori
Detective at Iwagi Station
Junko Yoshida
Clerk at Naniwa Yakusho
Mitsuzô Nakamura
Policeman at Ebisu
Akira Matsuda
Clerk in Charge at Naniwa Yakusho
Tatsuki Bessho
Bartender at Bar Ron
Yuri Takase
Waitress at Bar Ron
Teishiro Nishijima
West Kamata Police Chief
Shin Kitayama
West Kamata Detective
Ura Shintarô
West Kamata Detective
Takuo Senga
West Kamata Detective
Yuichi Kikuchi
Waga's Friend
Yukihide Yamamoto
Metropolitan Police HQ Detective
Noriyuki Watanabe
West Kamata Detective
Kiyo Murakami
Oku
Yoshiko Togawa
Staff in Charge at Jikoen Nursing Home
Yoshitaro Nomura
Director / Writer
Seicho Matsumoto
Novel
Eiko Muramatsu
Mama at Ginza Club (uncredited)
Shigemi Sugisaki
Associate Producer
Yûji Nagashima
Production Supervisor
Hiroshi Yoshioka
Executive In Charge Of Production
Isao Kumagai
Assistant Director
Rokurô Wakabayashi
Set Designer
Yukio Fukushima
Sound Effects Editor
Ryuji Matsumoto
Sound Editor
Tadahiko Yamamoto
Sound / Sound Recordist
Shotaro Yoshida
Sound Mixer
Matsutaro Kobayashi
Gaffer
Mitsuaki Kanno
Music
Hiroshi Kumagai
Music Director
Shinobu Hashimoto
Writer / Producer
Yoji Yamada
Writer
Kazuo Ôta
Editor
Kaneo Kawanabe
Production Design
Kyôhei Morita
Art Direction
Noboru Isozaki
Set Decoration
Yoshiharu Mishima
Producer
Masayuki Satō
Producer
Takashi Kawamata
Director of Photography
Yasushi Akutagawa
Original Music Composer
Jun Kajima
Kentarô Imai
Metropolitan Police HQ Detective
Kunji Harada
Kôei Yamamoto
Kyôsuke Matsunami
Shintaro Mishima
Yumiko Higashitani
Shuichi Oki
Hideto Nakagawa
Yuji Osugi
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 19, 1974
Original Name砂の器
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 23m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
class differences
police investigation
murder investigation
police procedural
japan
composer
leprosy
tokyo japan
bludgeoning
train travel
concert pianist
orchestra conductor
retired policeman
musical expression
countryside
Wiki.
Castle of Sand (砂の器, Suna no utsuwa) is a 1974 Japanese police procedural film directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, based on the novel Suna no Utsuwa by Seicho Matsumoto.
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