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