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The Castle of Sand (1974) · Cineora

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A YOSHITARŌ NOMURA FILM

The Castle of Sand

19742h 23mMovie

CrimeDramaMystery

IMDb7.3/ 10 · 1.8K votes

THE STORY

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

Melancholic
Thought-provoking
Bittersweet
Whodunit
Class
Music

Pace: Slow burn
Intensity: Mild
Complexity: Demanding

Good for talking about after, a rainy day and watching alone.

DirectorYoshitarō Nomura

FormatFeature film

TMDB7.3 / 10

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The people behind the story

Top cast

Tetsuro TambaDetective Eitaro Imanishi

Gō KatōEiro Waga

Kensaku MoritaDetective Hiroshi Yoshimura

Yoko ShimadaReiko Takagi

Karin YamaguchiSachiko Tadakoro

Shin SaburiEx-Finance Minister, Shigeki Tadokoro

Yoshi KatōChiyokichi Motoura

Kazuhide HarutaHideo Motoura

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