What is the duration of The Castle of Sand?

The duration of The Castle of Sand is 143 mins.

What is the original language of The Castle of Sand?

The original language of The Castle of Sand is Japanese.

Who directed The Castle of Sand?

The Castle of Sand was directed by Yoshitarō Nomura.

Which studio made The Castle of Sand?

The Castle of Sand was produced by Shochiku.

The Castle of Sand 1974

Q: Does The Castle of Sand have end credit scenes?

The Castle of Sand does not have end credit scenes.

Drama

Crime

Mystery

Runtime

143 mins

Language

Japanese

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

Shochiku

Studio

Yoshitarō Nomura

Director

Does The Castle of Sand have end credit scenes?

No!

The Castle of Sand does not have end credit scenes. You can leave when the credits roll.

Meet the Full Cast and Actors of The Castle of Sand

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Chishû Ryû

Kojuro Kirihara

Yoshio Inaba

Search Chief Clerk

Ken Ogata

Kenichi Miki

Taiji Tonoyama

Publican at Ebisu

Shin Saburi

Ex-Finance Minister, Shigeki Tadokoro

Kinzô Shin

Linguistics Professor Kuwabara

Taketoshi Naitô

Search Section Chief

Masumi Harukawa

Naka Sumie

Kin Sugai

Yamashita

Kei Yamamoto

Karin Yamaguchi

Sachiko Tadakoro

Gō Katō

Eiro Waga

Jun Hamamura

Patrolman

Akira Kubo

Patrolman at Setagaya

Hatsuo Yamaya

Iwagi Police Chief

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Movie Theater Manager

Tetsuro Tamba

Detective Eitaro Imanishi

Mitsuru Yamazaki

West Kamata Detective

Akira Matsuda

Clerk in Charge at Naniwa Yakusho

Takanobu Hozumi

Matsuzaki

Kibaji Tankobo

West Kamata Detective

Kensaku Morita

Detective Hiroshi Yoshimura

Akiko Nomura

Old Woman at Wakaba Apartment

Keiji Tsuchida

West Kamata Chief Detective

Nobuo Takagi

Yoko Shimada

Reiko Takagi

Akira Sera

Fan Shop Owner

Kiyo Murakami

Oku

Kappei Matsumoto

Mimori Police Chief

Ken'ichi Katô

Policeman driving jeep at Mimori Station

Noriyuki Watanabe

West Kamata Detective

Hideaki Komori

Metropolitan Police HQ Detective

Ryōko Mizuki

Yoshiko Togawa

Staff in Charge at Jikoen Nursing Home

Kazuko Imai

Kenichi Miki's Wife

Yoshi Katō

Chiyokichi Motoura

Seiji Matsuyama

Shokichi Miki

Kunji Harada

Tokue Hanazawa

Miki's Colleague in Flashback

Shuichi Oki

Yokichi Gotou

Tsutsui

Tatsuo Ito

Hideto Nakagawa

Kentarō Imai

Takashi Tabata

Yuri Takase

Waitress at Bar Ron

Kazuhide Haruta

Hideo Motoura

Eiko Muramatsu

Mama at Ginza Club (uncredited)

Mitsuyo Inomata

Waitress at Bar Ron

Asaya Fujita

Forensic Technician

Tatsuo Sakurabe

Surgeon at Setagaya

Hisashi Imabashi

Asahi Shop Owner

Sanpeita Mori

Detective at Iwagi Station

Junko Yoshida

Clerk at Naniwa Yakusho

Mitsuzô Nakamura

Policeman at Ebisu

Tatsuki Bessho

Bartender at Bar Ron

Teishiro Nishijima

West Kamata Police Chief

Kyôsuke Matsunami

Shin Kitayama

West Kamata Detective

Ura Shintarô

West Kamata Detective

Takuo Senga

West Kamata Detective

Yuji Osugi

Shintaro Mishima

Yuichi Kikuchi

Waga's Friend

Yukihide Yamamoto

Metropolitan Police HQ Detective

Jun Kajima

Taeko Sakata

Yumiko Higashitani

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