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The Sands of Kurobe (1968)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 3H 16M

Director : Kei Kumai

Synopsis

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only by cave-ins and flooding, but by strife between management and the workers's union. Adding to Kitagawa's stress is the knowledge that as his attention is pulled inexorably toward the tunnel construction, his youngest daughter is dying from leukemia.

Actors

Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Kitagawa
Yûjirô Ishihara
Yûjirô Ishihara
Iwaoka
Osamu Takizawa
Osamu Takizawa
Otagaki
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
Ashimura
Shūji Sano
Shūji Sano
Hirata
Jūkichi Uno
Jūkichi Uno
Mori
Ryutaro Tatsumi
Ryutaro Tatsumi
Genzo
Isao Tamagawa
Isao Tamagawa
Sayama
Takeshi Katō
Takeshi Katō
Kunikida
Sumio Takatsu
Sumio Takatsu
Ono
Eijirō Yanagi
Eijirō Yanagi
Fujimura
Akira Yamanouchi
Akira Yamanouchi
Tsukamoto
Akira Terao
Akira Terao
Kenichi
Eimei Nitani
Eimei Nitani
Odagiri
Masahiko Naruse
Masahiko Naruse
Kumada
Yuichi Sato
Yuichi Sato
Takagi

Crews

Kei Kumai
Kei Kumai
Director
Masato Ide
Masato Ide
Writer
Kei Kumai
Kei Kumai
Writer
Sōjirō Motoki
Sōjirō Motoki
Story
Akira Nakai
Akira Nakai
Producer
Mitsuji Kanau
Mitsuji Kanau
Director of Photography

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