
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.
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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
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