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The Castle of Sand  (1974)


7.4|19 Oct, 1974|143 min
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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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Keywords
japan
countryside
based on novel or book
composer
leprosy
tokyo, japan
class differences
bludgeoning
police investigation
murder investigation
train travel
concert pianist
orchestra conductor
retired policeman
police procedural
musical expression

Casts

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
Hideo Motoura
Ken Ogata
Ken Ogata
Kenichi Miki
Seiji Matsuyama
Seiji Matsuyama
Shokichi Miki
Taketoshi Naitō
Taketoshi Naitō
Search Section Chief
Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū
Kojuro Kirihara
Masumi Harukawa
Masumi Harukawa
Naka Sumie
Yoshio Inaba
Yoshio Inaba
Search Chief Clerk
Tokue Hanazawa
Tokue Hanazawa
Miki's Colleague in Flashback
Kinzō Shin
Kinzō Shin
Linguistics Professor Kuwabara
Kappei Matsumoto
Mimori Police Chief
Jun Hamamura
Jun Hamamura
Patrolman
Takanobu Hozumi
Takanobu Hozumi
Matsuzaki
Hatsuo Yamaya
Hatsuo Yamaya
Iwagi Police Chief
Kin Sugai
Kin Sugai
Yamashita
Akiko Nomura
Akiko Nomura
Old Woman at Wakaba Apartment
Kazuko Imai
Kenichi Miki's Wife
Mitsuyo Inomata
Waitress at Bar Ron
Yokichi Gotou
Yokichi Gotou
Tsutsui
Akira Sera
Fan Shop Owner
Akira Kubo
Akira Kubo
Patrolman at Setagaya
Keiji Tsuchida
West Kamata Chief Detective
Kibaji Tankobo
Kibaji Tankobo
West Kamata Detective
Mitsuru Yamazaki
West Kamata Detective
Kentarō Imai
Kôei Yamamoto
Hideaki Komori
Metropolitan Police HQ Detective
Ryōko Mizuki
Ryōko Mizuki
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Movie Theater Manager
Taiji Tonoyama
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
Kyôsuke Matsunami
Shin Kitayama
West Kamata Detective
Ura Shintarô
West Kamata Detective
Takuo Senga
West Kamata Detective
Kunji Harada
Yuji Osugi
Shintaro Mishima
Yuichi Kikuchi
Waga's Friend
Tatsuo Ito
Yukihide Yamamoto
Metropolitan Police HQ Detective
Noriyuki Watanabe
West Kamata Detective
Kentarō Imai
Metropolitan Police HQ Detective
Hideto Nakagawa
Shuichi Oki
Nobuo Takagi
Nobuo Takagi
Jun Kajima
Taeko Sakata
Kiyo Murakami
Oku
Yumiko Higashitani
Ryōko Mizuki
Ryōko Mizuki
Farmer at Kamedake
Yoshiko Togawa
Staff in Charge at Jikoen Nursing Home
Takashi Tabata
Eiko Muramatsu
Eiko Muramatsu
Mama at Ginza Club (uncredited)

Crews

Yoshitarō Nomura
Yoshitarō Nomura
Director
Seicho Matsumoto
Seicho Matsumoto
Novel
Rokurô Wakabayashi
Set Designer
Ryuji Matsumoto
Sound Editor
Shigemi Sugisaki
Associate Producer
Hiroshi Kumagai
Music Director
Yûji Nagashima
Production Supervisor
Matsutaro Kobayashi
Gaffer
Mitsuaki Kanno
Music
Hiroshi Yoshioka
Executive In Charge Of Production
Isao Kumagai
Assistant Director
Tadahiko Yamamoto
Sound
Yukio Fukushima
Sound Effects Editor
Shotaro Yoshida
Sound Mixer
Shinobu Hashimoto
Shinobu Hashimoto
Writer
Yoji Yamada
Yoji Yamada
Writer
Noboru Isozaki
Set Decoration
Kazuo Ôta
Editor
Kaneo Kawanabe
Production Design
Shinobu Hashimoto
Shinobu Hashimoto
Producer
Kyôhei Morita
Art Direction
Masayuki Satō
Producer
Yoshiharu Mishima
Producer
Takashi Kawamata
Takashi Kawamata
Director of Photography
Yasushi Akutagawa
Yasushi Akutagawa
Original Music Composer
Yoshitarō Nomura
Yoshitarō Nomura
Writer
Tadahiko Yamamoto
Sound Recordist

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