The Sands of Kurobe (1968)

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Country: Japan
Genres: Drama
Release: 1968-10-02
Director: Kei Kumai
Writers: Masato Ide , Kei Kumai , Sōjirō Motoki
Language: Japanese
Stars: Toshirō Mifune , Yûjirô Ishihara , Osamu Takizawa , Takashi Shimura , Shūji Sano , Jūkichi Uno , Ryutaro Tatsumi , Isao Tamagawa , Takeshi Katō , Sumio Takatsu
Runtime: 196 min
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
AKA: Tunnel to the Sun , Солнце над Куробэ (Russian Federation) , The Sands of Kurobe (United States of America) , Batalha no Abismo (Brazil) , A Tunnel to the Sun (Australia) , Zapora Kurobe (Poland) , 黒部の太陽 (Japan) , The Sands of Kurobe (United Kingdom) , Солнце Куробэ (Russian Federation) , A Tunnel to the Sun (Canada) , Chikadô no taiyô made , The Sands of Kurobe , Kurobe no taiyo , The Sands of Kurobe , Sun Over the Kurobe Gorge
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0062798