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The Sands of Kurobe

Japanese · 黒部の太陽

Directed by Kei Kumai

1968

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only by cave-ins and flooding, but by strife between management and the workers's union. Adding to Kitagawa's stress is the knowledge that as his attention is pulled inexorably toward the tunnel construction, his youngest daughter is dying from leukemia.

Released
1 Mar 1968
Runtime
196 min
Also known as
Chikadô no taiyô made, Kurobe no Taiyō, Tunnel to the Sun, A Tunnel to the Sun
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Screenplay
Kei Kumai, Masato Ide
Cinematography
Mitsuji Kanau
Music
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Editor
Mutsuo Tanji
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