The Castle of Sand(Movie, 1974)

Name: The Castle of Sand
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama
Released: 1974
Duration: T02:23:00
Rating: 3.8

Original title: "砂の器" (Japanese/JA)

2h 23min | Genres: Crime, Mystery, Drama

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 18 votes)

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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About The Castle of Sand

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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Trailer for The Castle of Sand + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Castle of Sand - Suna no utsuwa (1974)(Trailer, 2:04)

Additional Information

Production country: Japan

Based on the work of: Seichō Matsumoto ("Inspector Imanishi Investigates")

Made by: Shochiku Co., Ltd.

Original language: Japanese (JA)

Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)

Translated into 7 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 10/19/1974

Cast: Tetsurō Tamba, Gō Katō, Kensaku Morita, Yōko Shimada, Ken Ogata, Yoshi Katō, Chishū Ryū, Taketoshi Naito, Masumi Harukawa, Yoshio Inaba, Tokue Hanasawa, Seiji Matsuyama, Karin Yamaguchi, Junko Natsu

Director: Yoshitarō Nomura

Producer: Shinobu Hashimoto, Masayuki Satō

Screenwriter: Yōji Yamada, Shinobu Hashimoto, Yoshitarō Nomura

Film Editor: Kazuo Ōta

Director of Photography: Takashi Kawamata

Composer: Yasushi Akutagawa

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Castle of Sand"

"Zerbrechliches Schicksal"

"Sandslottet"

"曲終魂斷"

"Homokvár"

"Suna no utsuwa"

"砂の器：1974"

"Zamek z piasku"

"Castelul de nisip"

Keywords: tokyo, japan, orchestra conductor, police partners, police investigation, leprosy, japan, train travel, class differences, bludgeoning, concert pianist, musical expression, police procedural

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The Castle of Sand(Movie, 1974)

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