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The Castle of Sand

2011 · 1 season

A somber, methodical plunge into a detective's haunted mind, unfolding slowly with the weight of old wartime scars.

Created by
Meiji Fujita
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Overview
On December 11, 1960 an elderly man is found bludgeoned to death near the Kamata Station in Tokyo. Detective Yoshimura Hiroshi is a rookie detective that has only one clue to go on - the name "Kameda." Detective Yoshimura also has a dark side himself from his miserable experience in the war. Now, Detective Yoshimura places himself in the criminal's dark mind to track down the killer. Based on the 1961 novel "Suna no utsuwa" by Seicho Matsumoto it was also made as a feature film The Castle of Sand (1974).
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Memory, guilt, war, obsession
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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Created by
Meiji Fujita
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    crime, drama, mystery
    Created by
    Meiji Fujita
    Written by
    Yo Takeyama
    Starring
    Hiroshi Tamaki, Miki Nakatani, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Ren Osugi, Ai Kato, Hiroki Hasegawa, Makiya Yamaguchi
    Length
    1 seasons, 2 episodes, 105 min each
    Network
    tv asahi
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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