The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
3h 16m
Running Time
March 1, 1968Release Date
The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
3h 16m
Running Time
March 1, 1968Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Toshirō Mifune
Kitagawa
Yūjirō Ishihara
Iwaoka
Osamu Takizawa
Otagaki
Takashi Shimura
Ashimura
Shūji Sano
Hirata
Jūkichi Uno
Mori
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Genzo
Isao Tamagawa
Sayama
Takeshi Katō
Kunikida
Sumio Takatsu
Ono
Eijirō Yanagi
Fujimura
Akira Yamanouchi
Tsukamoto
Akira Terao
Kenichi
Eimei Nitani
Odagiri
Masahiko Naruse
Kumada
Yuichi Saito
Takagi
Kei Kumai
Director / Writer
Sōjirō Motoki
Story
Masato Ide
Writer
Akira Nakai
Producer
Mitsuji Kanau
Director of Photography
Mutsuo Tanji
Editor
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Tōtetsu Hirakawa
Production Design
Details.
Wiki.
The Sands of Kurobe (黒部の太陽, Kurobe no Taiyō) is a 1968 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It was Japan's submission to the 41st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Produced by its stars Toshiro Mifune and Yujiro Ishihara, the film's first run in cinemas lasted for a month, significantly longer than the week or ten days that films at that time usually ran in Japan.
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