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Castle of Sand
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Wikipedia article
is a 1974 Japanese police procedural film directed by Yoshitar Nomura, based on the novel 'Suna no Utsuwa' by Seicho Matsumoto.
Plot
Yoshitaro Nomura's 1974 film of Seicho Matsumoto's immensely popular detective story tells the tale of two detectives, Imanishi (Tetsuro Tamba) and Yoshimura (Kensaku Morita), tasked with tracking down the murderer of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a rail yard. When the identity of the old man can't be determined, the investigation focuses on the only other clue: a scrap of conversation overheard at a bar between the old man and a younger one. A witness recalls the cryptic phrases "Kameda did this" and "Kameda doesn't change."
This sets off a wide-ranging investigation that covers vast swaths of geography, changing social mores, and time. The investigation ends with an emotional and heartbreaking conclusion, all the more shattering because the reason for the crime need no longer exists in the world.
Cast
*Tetsuro Tamba Detective Eitaro Imanishi
*Go Kato Eiryo Waga/Hideo Motoura
*Kensaku Morita Detective Hiroshi Yoshimura
*Yoko Shimada Rieko Takagi
*Karin Yamaguchi Sachiko Tadokoro
*Ken Ogata Kenichi Miki
*Seiji Matsuyama Shokichi Miki
*Yoshi Kat Chiyokichi Motoura
*Chish Ry Kojuro Kirihara
*Taketoshi Naito
*Yoshio Inaba
*Shin Saburi
Awards
*'1975 Kinema Junpo Award'[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202604/awards IMDB award listing].
**'Best Screenplay' (Shinobu Hashimoto and Yji Yamada)
*'Readers' Choice Award'
**'Best Japanese Film Director' (Yoshitaro Nomura)
*'1975 Mainichi Film Concours'
**'Best Director' (Yoshitaro Nomura)
**'Best Film' (Yoshitaro Nomura)
**'Best Film Score' (Kosuke Sugano )
**'Best Screenplay' (Shinobu Hashimoto and Yji Yamada)
*'9th Moscow International Film Festival'
**'Diploma' (Yoshitaro Nomura)
**Nominated for 'Golden Prize' (Yoshitaro Nomura).
References
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