Chikadô no taiyô made (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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Kei Kumai

Writers:

Masato Ide, Kei Kumai,

Stars:

Toshirô Mifune, Yûjirô Ishihara, Osamu Takizawa

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Toshirô Mifune	...	Kitagawa
Yûjirô Ishihara	...	Iwaoka
Osamu Takizawa	...	Otagaki
Takashi Shimura	...	Ashimura
Shûji Sano	...	Hirata
Jûkichi Uno	...	Mori
Ryutaro Tatsumi	...	Genzo
Isao Tamagawa	...	Sayama
Takeshi Katô	...	Kunikida
Sumio Takatsu	...	Ono
Eijirô Yanagi	...	Fujimura
Akira Yamauchi	...	Tsukamoto
Akira Terao	...	Kenichi
Eimei Nitani	...	Odagiri
Masahiko Naruse	...	Kumada

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

dying daughter

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

2 October 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kurobe no taiyo

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ishihara, Ishihara Productions Co. Ltd., Mifune Productions Co. Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

196 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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