The read
It runs long at 3h 16m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Kei KumaiDirector
- Toshirō MayuzumiOriginal Music Composer
- Kei KumaiScreenplay
- Masato IdeScreenplay
Cast
- Toshirō MifuneKitagawa
- Yūjirō IshiharaIwaoka
- Osamu TakizawaOtagaki
- Takashi ShimuraAshimura
- Shūji SanoHirata
- Jūkichi UnoMori
- Ryūtarō TatsumiGenzo
- Isao TamagawaSayama
- Takeshi KatōKunikida
- Sumio TakatsuOno
- Eijirō YanagiFujimura
- Akira YamanouchiTsukamoto
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Themes
toyama, japan