Dotanba

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 10, 1956

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

NHK

Cast

Yasumi Hara,Masao Oda,Fumiya Takahata,Rentaro Mikuni,Noriko Sengoku,Kanta Mori,Murasaki Fujima,Masakazu Kuwayama,Chōko Iida,Kyosuke Aiharaand 10 more

Director

Ryūzō Kikushima

Writer

Ryūzō Kikushima

Music

Kozaburo Hirai

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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