The Castle of Sand(砂の器)
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Japan · 1974
2h 23m
Director Yoshitaro Nomura
Starring Tetsurō Tamba, Gō Katō, Kensaku Morita, Yoko Shimada
Genre Crime, Mystery, Drama, Thriller
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Yoshitaro Nomura’s 1975 film of Seicho Matsumoto’s immensely popular detective story tells the tale of two detectives, Imanishi (Tetsuro Tamba) and Yoshimura (Kensaku Morita), tasked with tracking down the murderer of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a rail yard.
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