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The Sands of Kurobe (1968)

★ 7.0/10 196 min Drama Japan Japanese
Director: Kei Kumai
Original Story: Sōjirō Motoki
Screenplay by: Masato Ide, Kei Kumai
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune Kitagawa
Yūjirō Ishihara
Yūjirō Ishihara Iwaoka
Osamu Takizawa
Osamu Takizawa Otagaki
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura Ashimura
Shūji Sano
Shūji Sano Hirata
Jūkichi Uno
Jūkichi Uno Mori
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Ryūtarō Tatsumi Genzo
Isao Tamagawa
Isao Tamagawa Sayama

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