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
Masami Shimojō
Toshirō Mifune
as Kitagawa
Osamu Takizawa
as Otagaki
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
as Genzo
Akira Yamanouchi
as Tsukamoto
Eiji Okada
Hyōe Enoki
Yūjirō Ishihara
as Iwaoka
Hideaki Nitani
Isao Tamagawa
as Sayama
Asao Sano
Jushiro Hirata
Takeshi Katō
as Kunikida
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Tomoe Hiiro
Taketoshi Naitō
Masao Shimizu
Shinsuke Ashida
Tanie Kitabayashi
Takashi Inagaki
Akira Kawaguchi
Akira Terao
as Kenichi
Mugihito
Mizuho Suzuki
Tappei Shimokawa
Mieko Takamine
Fumie Kashiyama
Jūkichi Uno
as Mori
Michio Hino
Takashi Shimura
as Ashimura
Shosei Muto
Hideji Ōtaki
Masaaki Okabe
Shūji Sano
as Hirata
Eijirō Yanagi
as Fujimura
Kinzō Shin
