Castle of Sand
| Castle of Sand | |
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 Castle of Sand - Original Japanese Poster Art | |
| Directed by | Yoshitarō Nomura |
| Written by | Seicho Matsumoto (novel) Yoshitaro Nomura Shinobu Hashimoto Yōji Yamada |
| Produced by | Shinobu Hashimoto Yoshihara Mishima Masayuki Sato |
| Starring | Tetsuro Tamba Go Kato Kensaku Morita Yoko Shimada Karin Yamaguchi Shin Saburi Ken Ogata Kiyoshi Atsumi |
| Cinematography | Takashi Kawamata |
| Music by | Mitsuaki Kanno Kosuke Sugano |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Castle of Sand (砂の器, Suna no utsuwa) is a 1974 Japanese police procedural directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, based on the novel Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seicho Matsumoto.[1]
Plot
Yoshitaro Nomura's 1974 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. When the identity of the old man can't be determined, the investigation focuses on the only other clue: a scrap of conversation overheard at a bar between the old man and a younger one. A witness recalls the cryptic phrases "Kameda did this" and "Kameda doesn't change."
This sets off a wide-ranging investigation that covers vast swaths of geography, changing social mores, and time. The investigation ends with an emotional and heartbreaking conclusion, all the more shattering because the reason for the crime need no longer exists in the world.
Cast
- Tetsuro Tamba – Detective Eitaro Imanishi
- Go Kato – Eiryo Waga/Hideo Motoura
- Kensaku Morita – Detective Hiroshi Yoshimura
- Yoko Shimada – Rieko Takagi
- Karin Yamaguchi – Sachiko Tadokoro
- Ken Ogata – Kenichi Miki
- Seiji Matsuyama – Shokichi Miki
- Yoshi Katō – Chiyokichi Motoura
- Chishū Ryū – Kojuro Kirihara
- Taketoshi Naito
- Yoshio Inaba
- Shin Saburi
Awards
- 1975 Kinema Junpo Award[2]
- Best Screenplay (Shinobu Hashimoto and Yōji 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 Yōji Yamada)
- 9th Moscow International Film Festival[3]
- Diploma (Yoshitaro Nomura)
- Nominated for Golden Prize (Yoshitaro Nomura).
Other adaptations
A TV movie remake starring Tatsuya Nakadai as Imanishi and Masakazu Tamura as Waga aired on Fuji TV in 1977 (6 episodes).
References
- ^ "砂の器とは". デジタル辞書 ことバンク. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ IMDB award listing.
- ^ "9th Moscow International Film Festival (1975)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
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- 1974 films
- 1970s crime thriller films
- 1970s mystery films
- Films based on Japanese novels
- Films directed by Yoshitaro Nomura
- Japanese films
- Japanese-language films
- Procedural films
- Shochiku films
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- Films with screenplays by Shinobu Hashimoto
- Films with screenplays by Yôji Yamada
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