Castle of Sand
1991, Japanese. Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro.
What is the dark fate of a young up-and-coming artist who is on the verge of achieving glory? The story depicts the fate of a detective who relentlessly pursues a murder case that seemed to be heading into a labyrinth, and the young man who is the culprit. It was produced and aired on the TV Asahi network on October 1, 1991 (20:02-22:24) as the "Each station's competition series commemorating the 40th anniversary of Matsumoto Seicho's work" (each station created two Seicho works) . TV drama (1 episode in total). Selected from the top 21 programs of the 9th ATP Awards .
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Kazuo IkehiroDirector
- Koichi SatoHideyoshi Waga
- Kunie TanakaEitaro Imanishi
- Sayuri KunioSachiko Tadokoro
- Tsuyoshi IharaHiroshi Yoshimura
- Mayumi OkaRieko Naruse
- Atom ShimojoKenichi Miki
- Nagahide TakahashiChiyokichi Motoura
- Eiichiro FunakoshiShigeo Sekikawa
- Yuki KitazumeKunio Miyata
- Asako YashiroEmiko Miura
- Kuniyasu AtsumiShigeki Tadokoro
- Miyoko AkazaClub mom
Details
- Released
- 1 October 1991
- Original title
- 砂の器
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Hiroshi Takeyama
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Castle of Sand runs 72 minutes (1h 12m).
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Castle of Sand isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 October 1991. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Castle of Sand?
Castle of Sand (1991) was directed by Kazuo Ikehiro and stars Koichi Sato, Kunie Tanaka, Sayuri Kunio.