---
title: 'Castle of Sand (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yoshitarō Nomura'
released: '1974-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/castle-of-sand-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202604/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Castle of Sand (1974)

1974 · Crime · Japan


## Synopsis

Castle of Sand  is a 1974 Japanese police procedural neo-noir film directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, based on the novel Suna no Utsuwa by Seicho Matsumoto.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yoshitarō Nomura](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshitaro-nomura)
- **Screenplay:** [Yoshitarō Nomura](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshitaro-nomura), [Yōji Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoji-yamada), [Shinobu Hashimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinobu-hashimoto)
- **Producer:** [Shinobu Hashimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinobu-hashimoto), [Masayuki Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/masayuki-sato)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Yasushi Akutagawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasushi-akutagawa)
- **Director of Photography:** [Takashi Kawamata](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-kawamata)
- **Editor:** [Kazuo Ōta](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuo-ota)

## Cast

- [Kensaku Morita](https://cinepixo.com/people/kensaku-morita)
- [Ken Ogata](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-ogata)
- [Gō Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/go-kato)
- [Yoshi Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshi-kato)
- [Taketoshi Naito](https://cinepixo.com/people/taketoshi-naito)
- [Yoshio Inaba](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshio-inaba)
- [Chishū Ryū](https://cinepixo.com/people/chishu-ryu)
- [Karin Yamaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/karin-yamaguchi)
- [Seiji Matsuyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/seiji-matsuyama)
- [Yōko Shimada](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoko-shimada)
- [Junko Natsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/junko-natsu)
- [Tokue Hanasawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/tokue-hanasawa)
- [Masumi Harukawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/masumi-harukawa)
- [Tetsurō Tamba](https://cinepixo.com/people/tetsuro-tamba)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/castle-of-sand-1974
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1060124); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.