Dotanba

Name: Dotanba
Director: Ryuzo Kikushima
Released: 1956-11-10
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Kō Nishimura, Daisuke Katō, Taiji Tonoyama, Jun Tatara

Dotanba - Last Minute

Nov 10, 1956 · 1h 37m · Drama

⭐ 6.0· 1 votes

Director Ryuzo Kikushima

Writer Ryuzo Kikushima

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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.