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.
The Refugee
A Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is studying in Japan during the outbreak of the war. Despite his difficult circumstances, he finds love in the form of Sachiko and the two marry. They later travel to Nanjing to live a new life together where Sachiko and Shaochang cooperate with the Japanese-backed government. Their ultimate hope is to secure peace but their idealism is not enough to keep them together through brutal times and with the end of the war the two find themselves facing a divorce... --Osaka Asian Film Festival
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岸恵子 Sachiko
佐田啓二 Shaochang
佐分利信 
伊藤雄之助 
笠智衆 
シリア・ポール 
Chen Yu-Hsin 
Hung Mei 志賀眞津子 川村禾門 玉島愛造 
小林トシ子 小林義勇 
徳大寺伸 水上令子 林喜美枝 
須賀不二男 
浦辺粂子 
明石潮 Tsuri Numao
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