The Sands of Kurobe
1968, Japanese. Directed by Kei Kumai.
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.
- Runtime
- 3h 16m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 1 March 1968
- Original title
- 黒部の太陽
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Masato Ide, Kei Kumai
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The Sands of Kurobe runs 196 minutes (3h 16m).
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The Sands of Kurobe isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 March 1968. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Sands of Kurobe?
The Sands of Kurobe (1968) was directed by Kei Kumai and stars Toshirō Mifune, Yūjirō Ishihara, Osamu Takizawa.