The Sands of Kurobe (黒部の太陽) 56 years old

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.

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The Sands of Kurobe Cast

Name Character
Shûji Sano He was 55, 66 years old when he died as Hirata
Takashi Shimura He was 62, 76 years old when he died as Ashimura
Akira Terao He was 20, now 77 years old as Kenichi
Sumio Takatsu He was 32, 74 years old when he died as Ono
Ryutaro Tatsumi He was 62, 84 years old when he died as Genzo
Isao Tamagawa He was 46, 82 years old when he died as Sayama
Akira Yamanouchi He was 46, 72 years old when he died as Tsukamoto
Toshiro Mifune He was 47, 77 years old when he died as Kitagawa
Eijirô Yanagi He was 72, 88 years old when he died as Fujimura
Yujiro Ishihara He was 33, 52 years old when he died as Iwaoka
Jukichi Uno He was 53, 73 years old when he died as Mori
Masahiko Naruse He was 43, 73 years old when he died as Kumada
Takeshi Kato He was 25, 39 years old when he died as Kunikida
Eimei Nitani as Odagiri
Osamu Takizawa He was 61, 93 years old when he died as Otagaki

The Sands of Kurobe Crew

Name Department
Sôjirô Motoki as Story. He was 53 (62) years old when He died Writing
Kei Kumai as Director. He was 37 (76) years old when He died Directing
Kei Kumai as Writer. He was 37 (76) years old when He died Writing
Masato Ide as Writer. He was 48 (69) years old when He died Writing
Mitsuji Kanau as Director of Photography. He was 34 (now 91) years old Camera
Akira Nakai as Producer. Production
The Sands of Kurobe poster
The Sands of Kurobe (56 years)

  • Release day: Friday, March 01, 1968
  • Runtime: 196 minutes