The Sands of Kurobe
黒部の太陽
Release: 1968-03-01
·Runtime: 196m
·★ 6.5
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Ishihara Productions
Mifune Productions
Cast
Akira Yamanouchi
as Tsukamoto
Mieko Takamine
Kinzō Shin
Fumie Kashiyama
Tanie Kitabayashi
Hideji Ōtaki
Mugihito
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Asao Sano
Hideaki Nitani
Tomoe Hiiro
Akira Kawaguchi
Jūkichi Uno
as Mori
Takeshi Katō
as Kunikida
Hyōe Enoki
Yūjirō Ishihara
as Iwaoka
Takashi Shimura
as Ashimura
Akira Terao
as Kenichi
Shūji Sano
as Hirata
Tappei Shimokawa
Toshirō Mifune
as Kitagawa
Isao Tamagawa
as Sayama
Masami Shimojō
Masaaki Okabe
Eijirō Yanagi
as Fujimura
Osamu Takizawa
as Otagaki
Shinsuke Ashida
Eiji Okada
Michio Hino
Shosei Muto
Mizuho Suzuki
Jushiro Hirata
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
as Genzo
Takashi Inagaki
Taketoshi Naitō
Masao Shimizu
