The Sands of Kurobe

The Sands of Kurobe - 1968 film by Kei Kumai. Article “The Sands of Kurobe” in English Wikipedia has 22.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 5 references and 4 sections.

This article has the best quality in Japanese Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “The Sands of Kurobe”, its content was written by 25 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 155 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 109 times in English Wikipedia and cited 557 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #290327 in July 2012
• Global: #38197 in March 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #1269489 in January 2013
• Global: #3860 in March 2009

There are 9 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Japanese (ja) 黒部の太陽		37.5928
2	French (fr) Le Soleil de Kurobe		29.4123
3	Russian (ru) Солнце над Куробэ		22.5612
4	English (en) The Sands of Kurobe		22.084
5	Indonesian (id) The Sands of Kurobe		13.8635
6	Chinese (zh) 黑部的太陽		9.2353
7	Portuguese (pt) Kurobe no taiyo		6.1893
8	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Sunce nad Kurobeom		5.5924
9	Persian (fa) شن‌های کوروبه		3.8187

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "The Sands of Kurobe" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 黒部の太陽		1 802 760
2	English (en) The Sands of Kurobe		44 011
3	Chinese (zh) 黑部的太陽		24 808
4	Russian (ru) Солнце над Куробэ		7 721
5	French (fr) Le Soleil de Kurobe		3 933
6	Indonesian (id) The Sands of Kurobe		400
7	Portuguese (pt) Kurobe no taiyo		384
8	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Sunce nad Kurobeom		212
9	Persian (fa) شن‌های کوروبه		167

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "The Sands of Kurobe" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 黒部の太陽		3 290
2	English (en) The Sands of Kurobe		297
3	Chinese (zh) 黑部的太陽		139
4	Russian (ru) Солнце над Куробэ		35
5	French (fr) Le Soleil de Kurobe		17
6	Persian (fa) شن‌های کوروبه		7
7	Portuguese (pt) Kurobe no taiyo		4
8	Indonesian (id) The Sands of Kurobe		3
9	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Sunce nad Kurobeom		3

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "The Sands of Kurobe" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) 黒部の太陽		86
2	English (en) The Sands of Kurobe		25
3	French (fr) Le Soleil de Kurobe		16
4	Chinese (zh) 黑部的太陽		11
5	Russian (ru) Солнце над Куробэ		9
6	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Sunce nad Kurobeom		3
7	Indonesian (id) The Sands of Kurobe		2
8	Portuguese (pt) Kurobe no taiyo		2
9	Persian (fa) شن‌های کوروبه		1

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "The Sands of Kurobe" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Le Soleil de Kurobe		1
2	English (en) The Sands of Kurobe		0
3	Persian (fa) شن‌های کوروبه		0
4	Indonesian (id) The Sands of Kurobe		0
5	Japanese (ja) 黒部の太陽		0
6	Portuguese (pt) Kurobe no taiyo		0
7	Russian (ru) Солнце над Куробэ		0
8	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Sunce nad Kurobeom		0
9	Chinese (zh) 黑部的太陽		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "The Sands of Kurobe" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 黒部の太陽		286
2	English (en) The Sands of Kurobe		109
3	French (fr) Le Soleil de Kurobe		97
4	Russian (ru) Солнце над Куробэ		37
5	Chinese (zh) 黑部的太陽		15
6	Indonesian (id) The Sands of Kurobe		8
7	Portuguese (pt) Kurobe no taiyo		2
8	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Sunce nad Kurobeom		2
9	Persian (fa) شن‌های کوروبه		1

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#	Language	Value
en	English The Sands of Kurobe
fa	Persian شن‌های کوروبه
fr	French Le Soleil de Kurobe
id	Indonesian The Sands of Kurobe
ja	Japanese 黒部の太陽
pt	Portuguese Kurobe no taiyo
ru	Russian Солнце над Куробэ
sh	Serbo-Croatian Sunce nad Kurobeom
zh	Chinese 黑部的太陽

Best Rank

English: #1269489 01.2013

Global: #3860 03.2009

Best Rank

English: #290327 07.2012

Global: #38197 03.2009

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