The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
3h 16m
Running Time
March 1, 1968Release Date
The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
3h 16m
Running Time
March 1, 1968Release Date
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Plot.
Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only by cave-ins and flooding, but by strife between management and the workers's union. Adding to Kitagawa's stress is the knowledge that as his attention is pulled inexorably toward the tunnel construction, his youngest daughter is dying from leukemia.
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Cast & Crew.
Toshirō Mifune
Kitagawa
Yūjirō Ishihara
Iwaoka
Osamu Takizawa
Otagaki
Shūji Sano
Hirata
Takashi Shimura
Ashimura
Jūkichi Uno
Mori
Kei Kumai
Director
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Genzo
Masato Ide
Writer
Isao Tamagawa
Sayama
Sōjirō Motoki
Writer
Takeshi Katō
Kunikida
Akira Nakai
Producer
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Composer
Sumio Takatsu
Ono
Mitsuji Kanau
Cinematographer
Details.
Wiki.
The Sands of Kurobe (黒部の太陽, Kurobe no Taiyō) is a 1968 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It was Japan's submission to the 41st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Produced by its stars Toshiro Mifune and Yujiro Ishihara, the film's first run in cinemas lasted for a month, significantly longer than the week or ten days that films at that time usually ran in Japan.