The year is 1949. While digging in ten-thousand-year-old red clay deposits, amateur archaeologist Aizawa discovers stone fragments that he believes to be the relics of ancient humans. But in the postwar construction boom, even red clay is in demand as a building material. Seeking funds for his work, Aizawa travels to a sacred mountain to hunt for the horn of a mythical beast known as "Four Eyes."
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Kisetsu Fujiwara
Tadahiro Aizawa
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Sena Nakajima
Kanae
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Ken Yasuda
Saburo Narayama
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Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Takeru Mineda
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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Asuka Kurosawa
Chiyo Narayama
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Hatsunori Hasegawa
Iwao Hachiya
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Kazuko Shirakawa
Sue
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Yoji Tanaka
Kanbayashi
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Mutsuo Yoshioka
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Motoki Fukami
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Yoshifumi Takahashi
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Ryohei Matsuoka
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Masakazu Kaneko Director · Koji Endo Composer Ryo Teranishi Cinematographer
Produced in Japan · Original title 赤土に眠る
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Japan
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Original title
赤土に眠る
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
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