The Eleventh Hour
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.
- Year : 1957
- Country : Japan
- Genre : Drama
- Studio : Toei Company
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- Director : Tomu Uchida
- Cast : Takashi Shimura, Shinjirô Ehara, Kokuten Kōdō, Eiji Okada, Eijirō Tōno, Chōko Iida