The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
Kurobe no taiyo (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 3h 16min
- Drama
- 02 Oct 1968 (USA)
- Movie
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...
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| Toshirô Mifune | ... |
Kitagawa
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| Yûjirô Ishihara | ... |
Iwaoka
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| Osamu Takizawa | ... |
Otagaki
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| Takashi Shimura | ... |
Ashimura
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| Shûji Sano | ... |
Hirata
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Jûkichi Uno | ... |
Mori
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Ryûtarô Tatsumi | ... |
Genzo
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Isao Tamagawa | ... |
Sayama
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| Takeshi Katô | ... |
Kunikida
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Sumio Takatsu | ... |
Ono
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| Eijirô Yanagi | ... |
Fujimura
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| Akira Yamanouchi | ... |
Tsukamoto
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Akira Terao | ... |
Kenichi
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Eimei Nitani | ... |
Odagiri
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Masahiko Naruse | ... |
Kumada
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Fumie Kashiyama | ... |
Yuki
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Tomoe Hiiro | ... |
Makiko
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Aki Kawaguchi | ... |
Makiko
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| Mieko Takamine | ... |
Kayo
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| Tanie Kitabayashi | ... |
Kiku
(as Tanie Kitamura)
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| Kinzô Shin | ... |
Takemoto
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| Shinsuke Ashida | ... |
Kurosaki
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| Eiji Okada | ... |
Yoshino
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Nagatake Shoji | ... |
Ohashi
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Keisuke Yukioka | ... |
Seyama
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Binnosuke Nagao | ... |
Kurasawa
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Jôji Hidehara | ... |
Yamaguchi
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| Mizuho Suzuki | ... |
Senda
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Sayuri Kishido | ... |
Hazumi
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Takashi Koshiba | ... |
Shibata
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Gisuke Makino | ... |
Takahashi
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Hideji Ôtaki | ... |
Dojo
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Norio Mineda | ... |
Miner
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Sônosuke Niki | ... |
Miner
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Kenji Shimamura | ... |
Miner
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| Taketoshi Naitô | ... |
Doctor
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Tappei Shimokawa | ... |
Abe
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Tsuneo Arakawa | ... |
Miner
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Jushiro Hirata | ... |
Miner
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Yûzô Harumi | ... |
Miner
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Yû Izumi | ... |
Miner
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Hyôe Enoki | ... |
Miner
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Hiroshi Chiyoda | ... |
Miner
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Shôsei Mutô | ... |
Miner
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Yuichi Sato | ... |
Takagi
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Takashi Nomura | ... |
Takeyama
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Jun Miyazaki | ... |
Tokuda
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Keiji Ishizaki | ... |
Worker
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Yoshinobu Ogawa | ... |
Worker
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Masao Uchikura | ... |
Worker
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Katsumasa Yamayoshi | ... |
Worker
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Daisuke Ômi | ... |
Worker
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Masayoshi Miyasaka | ... |
Kihara
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Aiko Mimasu | ... |
Restaurant Madame
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| Masao Shimizu | ... |
Geology Professor
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Directed by
| Kei Kumai | ||
Written by
| Masato Ide | ... | (writer) |
| Kei Kumai | ... | (writer) |
| Sôjirô Motoki | ... | (story) |
Produced by
| Yûjirô Ishihara | ... | producer |
| Toshirô Mifune | ... | producer |
| Akira Nakai | ... | producer |
Music by
| Toshirô Mayuzumi | ||
Cinematography by
| Mitsuji Kanau | ||
Editing by
| Mutsuo Tanji | ||
Art Direction by
| Masayoshi Kobayashi | ||
| Hiroshi Yamashita | ||
| Masao Yamazaki | ||
Production Management
| Hideo Tomohisa | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Toshi Aoki | ... | assistant director |
| Mizuho Doi | ... | assistant director |
| Hideo Miyau | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Tetsuo Yasuda | ... | sound recordist |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Ishihara Productions Co. Ltd. (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Nikkatsu
- Pony Canyon (2013) (Japan) (DVD)
- Toho
- Toho (United States) (subtitled)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Asahi Helicopter (cooperation)
- Bulldozer Koji (cooperation)
- Hazama (cooperation)
- JDC (cooperation)
- Kajima Corporation (cooperation)
- Kansai Electric Power Company (cooperation)
- Komatsu (cooperation)
- Kumagai Gumi (cooperation)
- Sato Kogyo (cooperation)
- Taisei (cooperation)
Storyline
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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.
Written by Jim Beaver |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Official submission of Japan for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 41st Academy Awards in 1969. See more » |