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The Eleventh Hour (1957)

Overview

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.
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Tomu Uchida

Director

Shinobu Hashimoto profile
Shinobu Hashimoto

Screenplay

Cast

Takashi Shimura profile
Takashi Shimura

Banno

Shinjirō Ehara profile
Shinjirō Ehara

Yamaguchi

Kokuten Kōdō profile
Kokuten Kōdō

Eiji Okada profile
Eiji Okada

Shimano

Eijirō Tōno profile
Eijirō Tōno

Chōko Iida profile
Chōko Iida

Kane Ishigaki

Jiro Takagi profile
Jiro Takagi

Newspaper Reporter A

Yoshi Katō profile
Yoshi Katō

Sunaga

Shin Tonomura profile
Shin Tonomura

Kusaka

Yoshifumi Tachibana profile
Yoshifumi Tachibana

Yui

Ei Iwagami profile
Ei Iwagami

Ishigaki

Jun Mita profile
Jun Mita

Takada

Takashi Shimura profile
Takashi Shimura

Banno

Shinjirō Ehara profile
Shinjirō Ehara

Yamaguchi

Kokuten Kōdō profile
Kokuten Kōdō

Eiji Okada profile
Eiji Okada

Shimano

Eijirō Tōno profile
Eijirō Tōno

Chōko Iida profile
Chōko Iida

Kane Ishigaki

Jiro Takagi profile
Jiro Takagi

Newspaper Reporter A

Yoshi Katō profile
Yoshi Katō

Sunaga

Shin Tonomura profile
Shin Tonomura

Kusaka

Yoshifumi Tachibana profile
Yoshifumi Tachibana

Yui

Ei Iwagami profile
Ei Iwagami

Ishigaki

Jun Mita profile
Jun Mita

Takada

Extra

Release Date

November 24, 1957

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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Videos

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Dotanba trailer

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