The Sands of Kurobe explained

The Sands of Kurobe
Director:	Kei Kumai
Producer:	Akira Nakai
Starring:	Toshiro Mifune
Cinematography:	Mitsuji Kanau
Runtime:	196 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1968 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai.^{[1] [2]} It is an adaptation of the novel The Sun of Kurobe (黒部の太陽; Kurobe no Taiyō) 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.^{[3] [4]} 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.^[5]

Cast

• Toshiro Mifune as Kitagawa
• Yujiro Ishihara as Iwaoka
• Osamu Takizawa as Otagaki
• Takashi Shimura as Ashimura
• Shūji Sano as Hirata
• Jūkichi Uno as Mori
• Ryūtarō Tatsumi as Genzō
• Isao Tamagawa as Sayama
• Takeshi Katō as Kunikida
• Sumio Takatsu as Ōno
• Tappie Shimokawa
• Asao Sano
• Mizuho Suzuki as Senda
• Eijirō Yanagi as Fujimura
• Akira Yamanouchi as Tsukamoto
• Masao Shimizu as Tayama
• Hideaki Nitani as Odagiri

See also

• List of submissions to the 41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Notes and References

1. Web site: 黒部の太陽. kotobank . 15 February 2020.
2. Web site: 映画監督の熊井啓氏が死去. Fuji Sankei Shinbun. 2 November 2019.
3. Web site: List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Japanese. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. 2008-06-22.
4. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
5. Book: Zahlten, Alexander . The End of Japanese Cinema: Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies . 2017 . 9780822372462 . Duke University Press.