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.
as Banno
as Yamaguchi
as Shimano
as Kane Ishigaki
as Newspaper Reporter A
as Sunaga
as Kusaka
as Yui
as Ishigaki
as Takada
as Nakatsu
as Oyama
as Tachibana
as Kawamura
as Director Yoshikawa
as Director Ueda
as Michi Kogen
as Jiro Takahara
as Takichi Banno
as Katsuko Banno
as Kaichi Yui
as Yamaguchi's father
as Kiku Noda
as Toshi Noda
as Toshie Sunaga
as Yoshino
as Kawasaki
as Yokota
as Nishiyama
as Reporter C
as Broadcaster A
as Broadcast Reporter B
as Messenger
as Diver
as Doctor
as Popsicle shop
as Murase
as Noda
