どたんば

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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.

Genre: Drame

Jeter: Takashi Shimura, 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