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The Sands of Kurobe

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The Sands of Kurobe

6.5

3h 16m

1968

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.

Director

Kei Kumai

Drama

toyama, japan

Cast & Crew

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

as Kitagawa

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara

as Iwaoka

Osamu Takizawa

Osamu Takizawa

as Otagaki

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

as Ashimura

Shūji Sano

Shūji Sano

as Hirata

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno

as Mori

Ryūtarō Tatsumi

Ryūtarō Tatsumi

as Genzo

Isao Tamagawa

Isao Tamagawa

as Sayama

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

as Kunikida

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