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The Castle of Sand( 1974)

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Overview

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Tetsuro Tamba

      Detective Eitaro Imanishi

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      Gō Katō

      Eiro Waga

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      Kensaku Morita

      Detective Hiroshi Yoshimura

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      Yoko Shimada

      Reiko Takagi

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      Karin Yamaguchi

      Sachiko Tadakoro

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      Shin Saburi

      Ex-Finance Minister, Shigeki Tadokoro

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      Yoshi Katō

      Chiyokichi Motoura

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      Kazuhide Haruta

      Hideo Motoura

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      Ken Ogata

      Kenichi Miki

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      Seiji Matsuyama

      Shokichi Miki

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      Taketoshi Naitō

      Search Section Chief

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      Chishū Ryū

      Kojuro Kirihara

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      Masumi Harukawa

      Naka Sumie

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      Yoshio Inaba

      Search Chief Clerk

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      Tokue Hanazawa

      Miki's Colleague in Flashback

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      Kinzō Shin

      Linguistics Professor Kuwabara

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      Kappei Matsumoto

      Mimori Police Chief

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      Jun Hamamura

      Patrolman

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      Takanobu Hozumi

      Matsuzaki

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      Hatsuo Yamaya

      Iwagi Police Chief

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      Kin Sugai

      Yamashita

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      Akiko Nomura

      Old Woman at Wakaba Apartment

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      Kazuko Imai

      Kenichi Miki's Wife

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      Mitsuyo Inomata

      Waitress at Bar Ron

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      Yokichi Gotou

      Tsutsui

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      Akira Sera

      Fan Shop Owner

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      Akira Kubo

      Patrolman at Setagaya

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      Keiji Tsuchida

      West Kamata Chief Detective

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      Kibaji Tankobo

      West Kamata Detective

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      Mitsuru Yamazaki

      West Kamata Detective

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      Kentarô Imai

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      Kôei Yamamoto

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      Hideaki Komori

      Metropolitan Police HQ Detective

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      Ryōko Mizuki

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      Kiyoshi Atsumi

      Movie Theater Manager

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      Taiji Tonoyama

      Publican at Ebisu

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      Asaya Fujita

      Forensic Technician

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      Tatsuo Sakurabe

      Surgeon at Setagaya

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      Ken'ichi Katô

      Policeman driving jeep at Mimori Station

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      Hisashi Imabashi

      Asahi Shop Owner

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      Sanpeita Mori

      Detective at Iwagi Station

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      Junko Yoshida

      Clerk at Naniwa Yakusho

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      Mitsuzô Nakamura

      Policeman at Ebisu

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      Akira Matsuda

      Clerk in Charge at Naniwa Yakusho

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      Tatsuki Bessho

      Bartender at Bar Ron

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      Yuri Takase

      Waitress at Bar Ron

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      Teishiro Nishijima

      West Kamata Police Chief

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      Kyôsuke Matsunami

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      Shin Kitayama

      West Kamata Detective

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      Ura Shintarô

      West Kamata Detective

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      Takuo Senga

      West Kamata Detective

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      Kunji Harada

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      Yuji Osugi

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      Shintaro Mishima

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      Yuichi Kikuchi

      Waga's Friend

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      Tatsuo Ito

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      Yukihide Yamamoto

      Metropolitan Police HQ Detective

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      Noriyuki Watanabe

      West Kamata Detective

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      Kentarô Imai

      Metropolitan Police HQ Detective

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      Hideto Nakagawa

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      Shuichi Oki

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      Nobuo Takagi

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      Jun Kajima

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      Taeko Sakata

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      Kiyo Murakami

      Oku

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      Yumiko Higashitani

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      Ryōko Mizuki

      Farmer at Kamedake

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      Yoshiko Togawa

      Staff in Charge at Jikoen Nursing Home

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      Takashi Tabata

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      Eiko Muramatsu

      Mama at Ginza Club (uncredited)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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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