Dotanba

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.

• Ryuzo KikushimaDirector
• Kozaburo HiraiOriginal Music Composer
• Ryuzo KikushimaScreenplay

• Rentaro MikuniCast
• Kō NishimuraCast
• Daisuke KatōCast
• Taiji TonoyamaCast
• Jun TataraCast
• Keiko TsushimaCast
• Chōko IidaCast
• Murasaki FujimaCast
• Akitake KōnoCast
• Noriko SengokuCast
• Masao OdaCast
• Yasumi HaraCast