The Castle of Sand
6.4
Season 1
S1 · E1 · Sep 10, 2011
First Night Episode 1
S1 · E2 · Sep 17, 2011
Episode 2 Episode 2
2 episodes in Season 1
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On December 11, 1960 an elderly man is found bludgeoned to death near the Kamata Station in Tokyo. Detective Yoshimura Hiroshi is a rookie detective that has only one clue to go on - the name "Kameda." Detective Yoshimura also has a dark side himself from his miserable experience in the war. Now, Detective Yoshimura places himself in the criminal's dark mind to track down the killer. Based on the 1961 novel "Suna no utsuwa" by Seicho Matsumoto it was also made as a feature film The Castle of Sand (1974).
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Cast
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Hiroshi Tamaki
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Miki Nakatani
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Kuranosuke Sasaki
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Kaoru Kobayashi
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Ren Osugi
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Ai Kato
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Hiroki Hasegawa
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Makiya Yamaguchi
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Masahiko Nishimura
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Isao Hashizume
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Nenji Kobayashi
Known for
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Takaaki Enoki
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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Meiji Fujita Director · Seicho Matsumoto Author Kan Sawada Composer
Total runtime 3h 30m · Episode length 105 min · Country Japan
Show info
Premiered
September 10, 2011
Final episode
September 17, 2011
Status
Ended
Network
tv asahi
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
Episode length
105 min
Total runtime
3h 30m
Original language
Japanese
Production
TV Asahi
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
松本清張ドラマスペシャル 砂の器
Spoken on screen
Japanese
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