The Castle of Sand

Name: The Castle of Sand
Director: Yoshitaro Nomura
Released: 1974
Duration: 143 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Tetsurô Tanba, Gô Katô, Kensaku Morita, Yôko Shimada, Karin Yamaguchi

1974 · 143 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 1,638 VOTES · DIR. Yoshitaro Nomura

Overview

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

Dialogue Timeline — 1,123 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:02 Produced by Shochiku Co. Ltd. And Hashimoto Productions

00:05:57 I refused him at first because of his looks and clothing.

00:10:10 A corpse brought here.

00:13:59 No mistake.

00:17:12 Kameda?

00:21:37 Green leaves reflected in the river and a man asleep.

00:27:13 Destiny?

00:31:28 We agreed to his plan.

00:35:13 A tough case. We're back at the beginning again.

00:40:11 I envy you.

00:45:41 The cause wasn't while he was a policeman.

00:50:09 Miki sent the man to a hospital, took care of the boy.

00:57:25 Absolutely no!

01:01:45 As a patron, I'd like to meet you more often but no time.

01:05:22 He saw a movie.

01:09:25 Papa's worried about us.

01:14:56 Does Hideo come here?

01:23:37 Could I look at the original register?

01:28:28 A warrant of arrest.

01:32:13 Congratulations.

01:37:20 12 Nonake, Obatake Village, Ishikawa.

01:56:37 On August 22 Chiyokichi left Kamedake Village.

02:11:30 Grows up... Wouldn't he look like this young man?

14:19:04 of the air raid on Osaka.

Cast & Characters

Tetsurô Tanba Eitaro Imanishi Gô Katô Eiryo Waga Kensaku Morita Hiroshi Yoshimura Yôko Shimada Reiko Takagi Karin Yamaguchi Sachiko Tadokoro Yoshi Katô Chiyokichi Motoura Kazuhide Haruta Hideo Motoura Chishû Ryû Kirihara Junko Natsu Akiko Seiji Matsuyama Miki's Son

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,123

Dialogue density7.9 lines / min

First line00:00:02

Final line14:19:04

Production Record

DirectorYoshitaro Nomura

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes1,638