Dotanba

Dotanba (1956)

Drama

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
Writer: Ryuzo Kikushima

Casts

	Rentaro Mikuni as
	Kō Nishimura as
	Daisuke Katō as
	Taiji Tonoyama as
	Jun Tatara as
	Keiko Tsushima as
	Chōko Iida as
	Murasaki Fujima as
	Akitake Kōno as
	Noriko Sengoku as
	Masao Oda as
	Yasumi Hara as
	Kyosuke Aihara as
	Fumiya Takahata as
	Kenzō Tabu as
	Akira Nagoya as
	Kanta Mori as
	Yūnosuke Itō as
	Keiko Amaji as
	Masakazu Kuwayama as

Crew