どたんば (1957)
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.
Cast
- Takashi Shimura — Banno
- 江原真二郎 — Yamaguchi
- 高堂国典
- 岡田英次 — Shimano
- 東野英治郎
- 飯田蝶子 — Kane Ishigaki
- 高木二朗 — Newspaper Reporter A
- 加藤嘉 — Sunaga
- 外野村晋 — Kusaka
- Yoshifumi Tachibana — Yui
- 岩上瑛 — Ishigaki
- Jun Mita — Takada
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