Release Date

24 Nov, 1957

Runtime

01:49: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

どたんば

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Actors

志村喬

江原真二郎

高堂国典

岡田英次

東野英治郎

飯田蝶子

高木二朗

加藤嘉

Shin Tonomura

Yoshifumi Tachibana

岩上瑛

Jun Mita

Koji Takishima

Kazuo Nakano

神田隆

山本麟一

斎藤柴香

滝謙太郎

Masako Nakamura

Motoharu Ueki

花沢徳衛

Crew

小杉太一郎

Shizuka Fujii

菊島隆三

Shozo Hirogami

森幹男

内田吐夢

橋本忍

祖田富美夫

内田吐夢