The Castle of Sand

The Castle of Sand

143 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Oct. 19, 1974

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murderer of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a rail yard.

The Castle of Sand

143 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Oct. 19, 1974

The Castle of Sand
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murderer of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a rail yard.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 砂の器
Directors Isao Kumagai, Yoshitaro Nomura
Writers Seicho Matsumoto, Yoshitaro Nomura, Yoji Yamada, Shinobu Hashimoto

Cast

Tetsurō Tamba

as Detective Imanishi

Gō Katō

as Eiro Waga

Kensaku Morita

as Detective Yoshimura

Yoko Shimada

as Reiko

Karin Yamaguchi

as Sachiko

Yoshi Katō

as Waga's Father

Chishū Ryū

as Kojuro Kirihara

Ken Ogata

as Kenichi Miki

Kazuhide Haruta

as Hideo Motoura

Seiji Matsuyama

as Miki's Son

Taketoshi Naitô

as Search Section Chief

Masumi Harukawa

as Naka Sumie

Yoshio Inaba

as Search Chief Clerk

Tokue Hanazawa

as Miki's Colleague in Flashback

Kinzô Shin

as Linguistics Professor Kuwabara

Kappei Matsumoto

as Mimori Police Chief

Jun Hamamura

as Patrolman

Takanobu Hozumi

as Matsuzaki

Hatsuo Yamaya

as Iwagi Police Chief

Kin Sugai

as Yamashita

Akiko Nomura

as Old Woman at Wakaba Apartment

Kazuko Imai

as Miki's Wife

Mitsuyo Inomata

as Waitress at Bar Ron

Yôkichi Gotô

as Tsutsui

Akira Sera

as Fan Shop Owner

Akira Kubo

as Patrolman at Setagaya

Keiji Tsuchida

as West Kamata Chief Detective

Kibaji Tankobo

as West Kamata Detective

Mitsuru Yamazaki

as West Kamata Detective

Kentarô Imai

as / Metropolitan Police HQ Detective

Hideaki Komori

as Metropolitan Police HQ Detective

Ryōko Mizuki

as / Farmer at Kamedake

Kiyoshi Atsumi

as Movie Theater Manager

Taiji Tonoyama

as Publican at Ebisu

Asaya Fujita

as Forensic Technician

Tatsuo Sakurabe

as Surgeon at Setagaya

Ken'ichi Katô

as Policeman driving jeep at Mimori Station

Hisashi Imabashi

as Asahi Shop Owner

Sanpeita Mori

as Detective at Iwagi station

Junko Yoshida

as Clerk at Naniwa Yakusho

Mitsuzô Nakamura

as Policeman at Ebisu

Akira Matsuda

as Clerk in Charge at Naniwa Yakusho

Tatsuki Bessho

as Bartender at Bar Ron

Yuri Takase

as Waitress at Bar Ron

Teishiro Nishijima

as West Kamata Police Chief

Shin Kitayama

as West Kamata Detective

Ura Shintarô

as West Kamata Detective

Takuo Senga

as West Kamata Detective

Yuichi Kikuchi

as Waga's Friend

Yukihide Yamamoto

as Metropolitan Police HQ Detective

Noriyuki Watanabe

as West Kamata Detective

Kiyo Murakami

as Oku

Yoshiko Togawa

as Staff in Charge at Jikoen Nursing Home

Shin Saburi

as Ex-Finance Minister Tadokoro

Eiko Muramatsu

as Mama at Ginza Club (uncredited)