

The Castle of Sand
Genres
Overview
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
143 min
Release Date
1974-10-19
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
47
Vote Average
7.426
Tetsuro Tamba
Detective Eitaro Imanishi
Gō Katō
Eiro Waga
Kensaku Morita
Detective Hiroshi Yoshimura
Yoko Shimada
Reiko Takagi
Karin Yamaguchi
Sachiko Tadakoro
Shin Saburi
Ex-Finance Minister, Shigeki Tadokoro
Yoshi Katō
Chiyokichi Motoura
Kazuhide Haruta
Hideo Motoura
Ken Ogata
Kenichi Miki
Seiji Matsuyama
Shokichi Miki
Taketoshi Naitō
Search Section Chief
Chishū Ryū
Kojuro Kirihara
Masumi Harukawa
Naka Sumie
Yoshio Inaba
Search Chief Clerk
Tokue Hanazawa
Miki's Colleague in Flashback
Kinzō Shin
Linguistics Professor Kuwabara
Kappei Matsumoto
Mimori Police Chief
Jun Hamamura
Patrolman
Takanobu Hozumi
Matsuzaki
Hatsuo Yamaya
Iwagi Police Chief
Kin Sugai
Yamashita
Akiko Nomura
Old Woman at Wakaba Apartment
Kazuko Imai
Kenichi Miki's Wife
Mitsuyo Inomata
Waitress at Bar Ron
Yokichi Gotou
Tsutsui
Akira Sera
Fan Shop Owner
Akira Kubo
Patrolman at Setagaya
Keiji Tsuchida
West Kamata Chief Detective
Kibaji Tankobo
West Kamata Detective
Mitsuru Yamazaki
West Kamata Detective
Kentarō Imai
Kôei Yamamoto
Hideaki Komori
Metropolitan Police HQ Detective
Ryōko Mizuki
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Movie Theater Manager
Taiji Tonoyama
Publican at Ebisu
Asaya Fujita
Forensic Technician
Tatsuo Sakurabe
Surgeon at Setagaya
Ken'ichi Katô
Policeman driving jeep at Mimori Station
Hisashi Imabashi
Asahi Shop Owner
Sanpeita Mori
Detective at Iwagi Station
Junko Yoshida
Clerk at Naniwa Yakusho
Mitsuzô Nakamura
Policeman at Ebisu
Akira Matsuda
Clerk in Charge at Naniwa Yakusho
Tatsuki Bessho
Bartender at Bar Ron
Yuri Takase
Waitress at Bar Ron
Teishiro Nishijima
West Kamata Police Chief
Kyôsuke Matsunami
Shin Kitayama
West Kamata Detective
Ura Shintarô
West Kamata Detective
Takuo Senga
West Kamata Detective
Kunji Harada
Yuji Osugi
Shintaro Mishima
Yuichi Kikuchi
Waga's Friend
Tatsuo Ito
Yukihide Yamamoto
Metropolitan Police HQ Detective
Noriyuki Watanabe
West Kamata Detective
Kentarō Imai
Metropolitan Police HQ Detective
Hideto Nakagawa
Shuichi Oki
Nobuo Takagi
Jun Kajima
Taeko Sakata
Kiyo Murakami
Oku
Yumiko Higashitani
Ryōko Mizuki
Farmer at Kamedake
Yoshiko Togawa
Staff in Charge at Jikoen Nursing Home
Takashi Tabata
Eiko Muramatsu
Mama at Ginza Club (uncredited)
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