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Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: November 24, 1957

Runtime: 109 minutes

Genres: Drama

Rating: 7.2/10 (6 votes)


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Cast

  • Takashi Shimura

    Takashi Shimura

    Banno

  • Shinjirō Ehara

    Shinjirō Ehara

    Yamaguchi

  • Kokuten Kōdō

    Kokuten Kōdō

  • Eiji Okada

    Eiji Okada

    Shimano

  • Eijirō Tōno

    Eijirō Tōno

  • Chōko Iida

    Chōko Iida

    Kane Ishigaki

  • Yoshi Katō

    Yoshi Katō

    Sunaga

  • Takashi Kanda

    Takashi Kanda

    Tachibana

  • Rinichi Yamamoto

    Rinichi Yamamoto

    Kawamura

  • Masako Nakamura

    Masako Nakamura

    Michi Kogen

  • Motoharu Ueki

    Motoharu Ueki

    Jiro Takahara

  • Tokue Hanazawa

    Tokue Hanazawa

    Takichi Banno

  • Kyoko Shinobazu

    Kyoko Shinobazu

    Katsuko Banno

  • Akiko Kazami

    Akiko Kazami

    Kiku Noda

  • Hisako Takihana

    Hisako Takihana

    Toshie Sunaga

  • Akikane Sawa

    Akikane Sawa

    Kawasaki

  • Susumu Namishima

    Susumu Namishima

    Yokota

  • Kyoji Sugi

    Kyoji Sugi

    Popsicle shop

  • Kōji Sekiyama

    Kōji Sekiyama