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Dotanba

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Dotanba

Dotanba - Last Minute

6.0

1h 37m

1956

“Dotanba - Last Minute”

Synopsis

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

Drama

Cast & Crew

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Jun Tatara

Jun Tatara

Keiko Tsushima

Keiko Tsushima

Chōko Iida

Chōko Iida

Murasaki Fujima

Murasaki Fujima

Akitake Kōno

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