Movie

Dotanba (1956)

• November 10, 1956
• 1h 37m

• Drama

“Dotanba - Last Minute”

Overview

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.

Director

Ryuzo Kikushima

Writers

Ryuzo Kikushima

Starring

Rentaro Mikuni, Kō Nishimura, Daisuke Katō