The Castle of Sand

Late-winter Tokyo. A single shoe sole pressed into frozen mud. Two detectives trace prints from the rail-yard corpse, a former salaryman, purse still clutched in rigor. A Toho noir that buries truth under bureaucracy until only footprints remain.

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Yoshitarō Nomura directed The Castle of Sand in 1974. See Yoshitarō Nomura's full filmography, where to start with Yoshitarō Nomura, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yoshitarō Nomura.

The Castle of Sand was released in 1974 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 143 minutes.