Synopsis
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.
Ratings
TMDB6/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Ryuzo KikushimaDirector
- Kozaburo HiraiOriginal Music Composer
- Ryuzo KikushimaScreenplay
Cast
- Rentaro MikuniCast
- Kō NishimuraCast
- Daisuke KatōCast
- Taiji TonoyamaCast
- Jun TataraCast
- Keiko TsushimaCast
- Chōko IidaCast
- Murasaki FujimaCast
- Akitake KōnoCast
- Noriko SengokuCast
- Masao OdaCast
- Yasumi HaraCast