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The Castle of Sand
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The Castle of Sand

2011-09-10 · 105 min / episode · ★ 7.0

Crime · Drama · Mystery

On December 11, 1960 an elderly man is found bludgeoned to death near the Kamata Station in Tokyo. Detective Yoshimura Hiroshi is a rookie detective that has only one clue to go on - the name "Kameda." Detective Yoshimura also has a dark side himself from his miserable experience in the war. Now, Detective Yoshimura places himself in the criminal's dark mind to track down the killer. Based on the 1961 novel "Suna no utsuwa" by Seicho Matsumoto it was also made as a feature film The Castle of Sand (1974).

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Production companies
TV Asahi, Toei Company
Countries
Japan
Status
Ended

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Hiroshi TamakiHiroshi Tamaki
Miki NakataniMiki Nakatani
Kuranosuke SasakiKuranosuke Sasaki
Kaoru KobayashiKaoru Kobayashi
Ren OsugiRen Osugi
Ai KatoAi Kato
Hiroki HasegawaHiroki Hasegawa
Makiya YamaguchiMakiya Yamaguchi
Masahiko NishimuraMasahiko Nishimura
Isao HashizumeIsao Hashizume
Nenji KobayashiNenji Kobayashi
Takaaki EnokiTakaaki Enoki
Yoshio HaradaYoshio Harada
Ryuji HaradaRyuji Harada
Gaku YamamotoGaku Yamamoto

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