Castle of Sand (1974)

Original title

砂の器

Directed by

Yoshitarō Nomura

Genre

crime thriller film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 23m

Rated

15

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 54 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two detectives investigate the murder of a man found in a Tokyo train yard. The case leads them across Japan to uncover a hidden past and a dark secret.

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What happens

Castle of Sand (砂の器, Suna no Utsuwa) is a 1974 Japanese police procedural neo-noir film directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, based on the novel Suna no Utsuwa by Seicho Matsumoto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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