Dotanba

Dotanba - Last Minute

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a figure of speech — (essentially “last minute” or “eleventh hour”) — that refers to a situation of peril. The film boasts a script co-written by Uchida and Akira Kurosawa’s frequent screenwriter, Shinobu Hashimoto, and stars Kurosawa’s frequent star Takashi Shimura.

• Release date
• November 10, 1956
• Runtime
• 97 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Ryuzo Kikushima

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni Kō Nishimura Daisuke Katō Taiji Tonoyama Jun Tatara Keiko Tsushima Chōko Iida Murasaki Fujima