The Sands of Kurobe
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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
References
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External links
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