The Sands of Kurobe
196 mins
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.
Akira Nakai
Producer
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Tōtetsu Hirakawa
Production Design
Masayoshi Kobayashi
Production Design
Masao Yamazaki
Production Design
Mutsuo Tanji
Editor
Naoki Katagiri
Assistant Director
Mitsuji Kanau
Director of Photography
Masato Ide
Screenplay
Kenichi Benitani
Sound Recordist
Tetsuo Yasuda
Sound Recordist
Mitsuharu Hirata
Lighting Technician