19 Oct 1974
The Castle of Sand
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
Tokyo Oasis
In Tokyo, actress Touko leaves the filming set of her latest project and comes across three people by random chance: she gives a ride to a man named Nagano, whom she has never met before; at a small theater, runs into Kikuchi, a former screenwriter; lastly, meets Yasuko at the zoo.
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小林聡美 Touko
加瀬亮 Nagano
原田知世 Kikuchi
黒木華 Yasuko
市川実日子 Parking Clerk
もたいまさこ Customer at Cinema
光石研 Interviewer at Zoo
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