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.

Genere: Dramma

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Kō Nishimura, 加東大介, 殿山泰司, 多々良純, 津島恵子, 飯田蝶子, 藤間紫, 河野秋武, 千石規子, 織田政雄, 原保美, 相原巨典