The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour — Plot

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.

• Release date
• November 24, 1957
• Runtime
• 109 min
• Genres
• Action, Drama
• Director
• Tomu Uchida

The Eleventh Hour — Cast

Takashi Shimura Banno Shinjirō Ehara Yamaguchi Kokuten Kōdō Eiji Okada Shimano Eijirō Tōno Chōko Iida Kane Ishigaki

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