Castle of Sand
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 Castle of Sand - Original Japanese Poster Art |
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| Directed by | Yoshitaro Nomura |
| Produced by | Shinobu Hashimoto Yoshihara Mishima Masayuki Sato |
| Written by | Seicho Matsumoto (novel) Yoshitaro Nomura Shinobu Hashimoto Yôji Yamada |
| Music by | Mitsuaki Kanno Kosuke Sugano |
| Cinematography | Takashi Kawamata |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
| Release date(s) | October 19, 1974 (Japan) |
| Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Castle of Sand (砂の器 Suna no utsuwa) is a 1974 police procedural directed by Yoshitaro Nomura, based on the novel "Inspector Imanishi Investigates" by Seicho Matsumoto, and is largely considered by critics as one of the masterpieces of Japanese cinema.[1]
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[edit] Plot synopsis
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.
[edit] Cast
- Tetsuro Tamba - Detective Eitaro Imanishi
- Go Kato - Eiryo Waga/Hideo Motoura
- Kensaku Morita - Detective Hiroshi Yoshimura
- Yôko Shimada - Rieko Naruse
- Karin Yamaguchi - Sachiko Tadokoro
- Ken Ogata - Kenichi Miki
- Seiji Matsuyama - Shokichi Miki
- Yoshi Kato - Chiyokichi Motoura
- Chishu Ryu - Kojuro Kirihara
[edit] Awards
- 1975 Kinema Junpo Award
- Best Screenplay (Shinobu Hashimoto and Yôji Yamada)
- Readers' Choice Award
- Best Japanese Film Director (Yoshitaro Nomura)
- 1975 Mainichi Film Concours
- Best Director (Yoshitaro Nomura)
- Best Film (Yoshitaro Nomura)
- Best Film Score (Kosuke Sugano )
- Best Screenplay (Shinobu Hashimoto and Yôji Yamada)
- 1975 Moscow International Film Festival
- Diploma (Yoshitaro Nomura)
- Nominated for Golden Prize (Yoshitaro Nomura).[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Kenji Hall, Japanese director Yoshitaro Nomura dies at 85, The Associated Press.
- ^ IMDB award listing.
[edit] External links
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