Hiroshi Asahina

Movies2

• Movie7.4

  ActionDrama

  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.

  The Eleventh Hour

  どたんば

  1957 · 7 votes

• Movie

  Mystery

  One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

  Murder on the Last Train

  終電車の死美人

  1955