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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Takashi Shimura, Shinjirô Ehara, Kokuten Kōdō, Eiji Okada, Eijirō Tōno, Chōko Iida
Crew: Taichiro Kosugi (Original Music Composer), Shizuka Fujii (Director of Photography), Ryūzō Kikushima (Novel), Shozo Hirogami (Sound Recordist), Mikio Mori (Art Direction), Tomu Uchida (Director)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Toei Company
Runtime: 109 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 24, 1957
IMDb: 3.8
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