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The Castle of Sand

The Castle of Sand

1974•2h 23m•7.3/10
CrimeMysteryDrama

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7.3/10(51)

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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Shochiku

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

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

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

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