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Castle of Sand

Castle of Sand

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Castle of Sand

2019

2h 25m

8.7(3 votes)

Drama

Crime

Mystery

TV Movie

Overview

A bruised and battered corpse in Shibuya, Tokyo has the attention of the local cops. A veteran detective is assigned to the case. The last utterance of the victim is one clue that detective Imanishi has to work on. Yet, the case becomes more tangled quickly. Elsewhere, a prodigy named Waga Eiryo is composing an orchestral piece. Remake of The Castle of Sand (1974).

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Production Companies

Fuji Television Network

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Noriyuki Higashiyama

Noriyuki Higashiyama

Imanishi

Kento Nakajima

Kento Nakajima

Eiryo Waga

Tao Tsuchiya

Tao Tsuchiya

Rieko

Shuhei Nomura

Shuhei Nomura

Hinako Sakurai

Hinako Sakurai

Tetta Sugimoto

Tetta Sugimoto

Pinko Izumi

Pinko Izumi

Kinya Kitaoji

Kinya Kitaoji

Masanobu Takashima

Masanobu Takashima

Hitomi Kuroki

Hitomi Kuroki

Creative team

Directed by: Shunsaku Kawake
Written by: Hiroyuki Komine
Produced by: Hiroyuki Gotō
Toshio Arai

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