The Sands of Kurobe

The Sands of Kurobe

196 mins | Drama | March 1, 1968

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.

The Sands of Kurobe

196 mins | Drama | March 1, 1968

The Sands of Kurobe
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., Nikkatsu Corporation, Ishihara Productions
Original title 黒部の太陽
Directors Kei Kumai
Writers Masato Ide, Kei Kumai, Sōjirō Motoki

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

as Kitagawa

Yûjirô Ishihara

as Iwaoka

Osamu Takizawa

as Otagaki

Takashi Shimura

as Ashimura

Shūji Sano

as Hirata

Jūkichi Uno

as Mori

Ryutaro Tatsumi

as Genzo

Isao Tamagawa

as Sayama

Takeshi Katō

as Kunikida

Sumio Takatsu

as Ono

Eijirō Yanagi

as Fujimura

Akira Yamanouchi

as Tsukamoto

Akira Terao

as Kenichi

Eimei Nitani

as Odagiri

Masahiko Naruse

as Kumada

Yuichi Sato

as Takagi