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The Castle of Sand is a film of genre Drama directed by Yoshitarō Nomura released in USA on 10 october 1975 with Tetsurō Tanba

The Castle of Sand (1974)

The Castle of Sand
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Released in USA 10 october 1975
Length 2h23
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Crime
Rating72% 3.64323.64323.64323.64323.6432

Castle of Sand (砂の器 Suna no utsuwa) is a 1974 Japanese police procedural directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, based on the novel "Inspector Imanishi Investigates" by Seicho Matsumoto.

Synopsis

Yoshitaro Nomura’s 1974 film of Seicho Matsumoto’s immensely popular detective story tells the tale of two detectives, Imanishi (Tetsuro Tamba) and Yoshimura (Kensaku Morita), tasked with tracking down the murderer of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a rail yard. When the identity of the old man can't be determined, the investigation focuses on the only other clue: a scrap of conversation overheard at a bar between the old man and a younger one. A witness recalls the cryptic phrases "Kameda did this" and "Kameda doesn't change."

Actors

Tetsurō Tanba

(Detective Eitaro Imanishi)
Gō Katō

(Eiro Waga)
Kensaku Morita

(Detective Hiroshi Yoshimura)
Shin Saburi

(Ex-Finance Minister, Shigeki Tadokoro)
Yōko Shimada

(Reiko Takagi)
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