The Sands of Kurobe

The Sands of Kurobe (1968)

黒部の太陽

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only by cave-ins and flooding, but by strife between management and the workers's union. Adding to Kitagawa's stress is the knowledge that as his attention is pulled inexorably toward the tunnel construction, his youngest daughter is dying from leukemia.

Date of release
1968-03-01
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (7)
Runtime
3h 16m
Genres
Drama
Director
Kei Kumai

Casting

Interesting facts

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The Sands of Kurobe is a 1968 Japanese epic drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It is an adaptation of the novel The Sun of Kurobe that dramatizes the construction of the massive Kurobe Dam, the tallest dam in Japan. The film was Japan's submission to the 41st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Produced by its stars Toshiro Mifune and Yujiro Ishihara, the film's first run in cinemas lasted for a month, significantly longer than the week or ten days that films at that time usually ran in Japan.

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