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==Profile==
* '''Drama:''' Vessel of Sand
* '''Romaji:''' Suna no Utsuwa
* '''Japanese:''' 砂の器
* '''Director:''' [[Katsuo Fukuzawa]], [[Fuminori Kaneko]], [[Daisuke Yamamuro]]
* '''Writer:''' [[Yukari Tatsui]], [[Seicho Matsumoto]] (novel)
* '''Network:''' [[TBS]]
* '''Episodes:''' 11
* '''Release Date:''' January 18 - March 28, 2004
* '''Runtime:''' 21:00-21:54
* '''Language:''' Japanese
* '''Country:''' Japan

==Plot==
Eiryo Waga ([[Masahiro Nakai]]) is well-known musician. As a composer and pianist, he has begun a rapid climb to stardom. But he must keep his terrible past a secret.

One day someone who knows all about his past, Kenichi Miki ([[Hidekazu Akai]]), appears before him. In order to protect the fame he has obtained, Waga kills Miki. Immediately after that, Waga runs into Asami Naruse ([[Yasuko Matsuyuki]]). He manages to pull himself together and leave the scene.

An investigation team is established led by two detectives Shuichiro Imanishi ([[Ken Watanabe]]) and Masaya Yoshimura ([[Masaru Nagai]]), but they have difficulty making any headway. Meanwhile, by coincidence Waga bumps into Asami again. Asami is a stage actress has her own dark past. Soon the two fall in love. But Waga is already engaged to Ayaka Tadokoro ([[Kotomi Kyono]]). It was with her father's help that Waga began his ascent to the top of the music world. It looks like Waga's ambitions are about to confront reality. However....

==Notes==
# Based on the 1961 novel "Suna no utsuwa" by Seicho Matsumoto.
# Related titles:
## [[The Castle of Sand]] | Suna no Utsuwa (1974)
## [[Vessel of Sand]] | Suna no Utsuwa (TBS / 2004)
## [[Suna no Utsuwa (TV Asahi-2011-Drama SP)|Suna no Utsuwa]] (TV Asahi / 2011)
## [[Castle of Sand (2019)|Castle of Sand]] | Suna no Utsuwa (Fuji TV / 2019)

==Cast==
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* [[Masahiro Nakai]] - Eiryo Waga (30)
* [[Yasuko Matsuyuki]] - Asami Naruse (29)
* [[Shinji Takeda]] - Yusuke Sekikawa (30)
* [[Kotomi Kyono]] - Ayaka Tadokoro (26)
* [[Masaru Nagai]] - Masaya Yoshimura (27)
* [[Shunsuke Matsuoka]] - Isamu Karaki (30)
* [[Yoshinori Okada]] - Makoto Miyata (26)
* [[Hitomi Sato]] - Reiko Ogihara (25)
* [[Masachika Ichimura]] - Yuzuru Aso (55)
* [[Isao Natsuyagi]] - Shigeyoshi Tadokoro (60)
* [[Hidekazu Akai]] - Kenichi Miki (60)
* [[Yoshio Harada]] - Chiyokichi Motoura (63)
* [[Ken Watanabe]] - Shuichiro Imanishi (45)
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* [[Kazunaga Tsuji]] - Hajime Kuroki
* [[Meijin Serizawa]] - Shingo Noguchi
* [[Ryusei Saito]] - Hideo Motoura
* [[Yosuke Saito]]
* [[Michiko Tomura]]
* [[Kenjiro Ishimaru]] - Kenji Sasaki (ep1,10)
* [[Megumi Sato]] - Kaoru Kirino (ep1-2,4)
* [[Jiro Sato]] - Hiroshi Miki (ep2-3)
* [[Yoko Moriguchi]] - Junko Imanishi (ep3)
* [[Natsuko Akiyama]] - Yuko (ep1,6)
* [[Mansaku Fuwa]] - (ep8)
* [[Masayuki Ito]] - Nagasaki Citizen Affairs official (ep.8)
* [[Chinu Izumi]]
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==External Links==
* [http://www.tbs.co.jp/utsuwa/ Official Website]

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