Country
Japan
Date
Oct 19, 1974
2h 23min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Kazuhide Haruta | Hideo Motoura |
| Ken Ogata | Kenichi Miki |
| Seiji Matsuyama | Shokichi Miki |
| Taketoshi Naitō | Search Section Chief |
| Chishū Ryū | Kojuro Kirihara |
| Masumi Harukawa | Naka Sumie |
| Yoshio Inaba | Search Chief Clerk |
| Tokue Hanazawa | Miki's Colleague in Flashback |
| Kinzō Shin | Linguistics Professor Kuwabara |
| Kappei Matsumoto | Mimori Police Chief |
| Jun Hamamura | Patrolman |
| Takanobu Hozumi | Matsuzaki |
| Hatsuo Yamaya | Iwagi Police Chief |
| Kin Sugai | Yamashita |
| Akiko Nomura | Old Woman at Wakaba Apartment |
| Kazuko Imai | Kenichi Miki's Wife |
| Mitsuyo Inomata | Waitress at Bar Ron |
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| Yokichi Gotou | Tsutsui |
| Akira Sera | Fan Shop Owner |
| Akira Kubo | Patrolman at Setagaya |
| Keiji Tsuchida | West Kamata Chief Detective |
| Kibaji Tankobo | West Kamata Detective |
| Mitsuru Yamazaki | West Kamata Detective |
| Kentarō Imai | |
| Kôei Yamamoto | |
| Hideaki Komori | Metropolitan Police HQ Detective |
| Ryōko Mizuki | |
| Kiyoshi Atsumi | Movie Theater Manager |
| Taiji Tonoyama | Publican at Ebisu |
| Asaya Fujita | Forensic Technician |
| Tatsuo Sakurabe | Surgeon at Setagaya |
| Ken'ichi Katô | Policeman driving jeep at Mimori Station |
| Hisashi Imahashi | Asahi Shop Owner |
| Sanpeita Mori | Detective at Iwagi Station |
| Junko Yoshida | Clerk at Naniwa Yakusho |
| Mitsuzô Nakamura | Policeman at Ebisu |
| Akira Matsuda | Clerk in Charge at Naniwa Yakusho |
| Tatsuki Bessho | Bartender at Bar Ron |
| Yuri Takase | Waitress 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 |
| Kunji Harada | |
| Yuji Osugi | |
| Shintaro Mishima | |
| Yuichi Kikuchi | Waga's Friend |
| Tatsuo Ito | |
| Yukihide Yamamoto | Metropolitan Police HQ Detective |
| Noriyuki Watanabe | West Kamata Detective |
| Kentarō Imai | Metropolitan Police HQ Detective |
| Hideto Nakagawa | |
| Shuichi Oki | |
| Nobuo Takagi | |
| Jun Kajima | |
| Taeko Sakata | |
| Kiyo Murakami | Oku |
| Yumiko Higashitani | |
| Ryōko Mizuki | Farmer at Kamedake |
| Yoshiko Togawa | Staff in Charge at Jikoen Nursing Home |
| Takashi Tabata | |
| Eiko Muramatsu | Mama at Ginza Club (uncredited) |
Genres
CrimeMysteryDrama
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | 砂の器 |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | 日本語 |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Shochiku |
| Data di uscita | 19 ottobre 1974 |
| Producer | Shigemi Sugisaki, Shinobu Hashimoto, Masayuki Satō, Yoshiharu Mishima |
| Writer | Seicho Matsumoto, Shinobu Hashimoto, Yoji Yamada |
| Editors | Kazuo Ôta |
| Cinematography | Takashi Kawamata |
| Asst. Directors | Isao Kumagai, Yoshitarō Nomura |
| Lighting | Matsutaro Kobayashi |
| Camera Operators | Takashi Kawamata |
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| Add. Photography | Takashi Kawamata |
| Production Design | Noboru Isozaki, Kyôhei Morita, Rokurô Wakabayashi |
| Art Direction | Kyôhei Morita, Noboru Isozaki, Rokurô Wakabayashi |
| Set Decoration | Noboru Isozaki, Kyôhei Morita, Rokurô Wakabayashi |
| Composer | Mitsuaki Kanno, Ryuji Matsumoto, Tadahiko Yamamoto, Shotaro Yoshida, Yasushi Akutagawa, Hiroshi Kumagai, Yukio Fukushima |
| Sound | Ryuji Matsumoto, Tadahiko Yamamoto, Shotaro Yoshida, Yasushi Akutagawa, Hiroshi Kumagai, Mitsuaki Kanno, Yukio Fukushima |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Country
United States
Date
Oct 10, 1975
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Poland
Date
Jan 05, 1976
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South Korea
Date
Apr 02, 2026
Certification
15
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