The Sands of Kurobe (Japanese: 黒部の太陽, Hepburn: Kurobe no Taiyō) is a 1968 Japanese epic drama film directed by Kei Kumai.
It is an adaptation of the novel The Sun of Kurobe (黒部の太陽; Kurobe no Taiyō) that dramatizes the construction of the massive Kurobe Dam, the tallest dam in Japan. The film was Japan's submission to the 41st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Produced by its stars Toshiro Mifune and Yujiro Ishihara, the film's first run in cinemas lasted for a month, significantly longer than the week or ten days that films at that time usually ran in Japan.
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