The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour

1957
1h 49min

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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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.
    Released
    11/24/1957
    Runtime
    1h 49min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Japanese
    Production
    Toei Company
Cast
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
Banno
Shinjirô Ehara
Shinjirô Ehara
Yamaguchi
Kokuten Kōdō
Kokuten Kōdō
Acting
Eiji Okada
Eiji Okada
Shimano
Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno
Acting
Chōko Iida
Chōko Iida
Kane Ishigaki
Jiro Takagi
Newspaper Reporter A
Yoshi Katō
Yoshi Katō
Sunaga
Shin Tonomura
Kusaka
Yoshifumi Tachibana
Yui
Ei Iwagami
Ishigaki
Jun Mita
Takada
Koji Takishima
Nakatsu
Kazuo Nakano
Oyama
Takashi Kanda
Takashi Kanda
Tachibana
Rinichi Yamamoto
Rinichi Yamamoto
Kawamura
Shiko Saito
Director Yoshikawa
Kentaro Taki
Director Ueda
Masako Nakamura
Masako Nakamura
Michi Kogen
Motoharu Ueki
Motoharu Ueki
Jiro Takahara
Tokue Hanazawa
Tokue Hanazawa
Takichi Banno
Kyoko Shinobazu
Katsuko Banno
Yōyō Kojima
Kaichi Yui
Itaru Hamada
Yamaguchi's father
Akiko Kazami
Akiko Kazami
Kiku Noda
Eri Tsuruma
Toshi Noda
Hisako Takihana
Hisako Takihana
Toshie Sunaga
Rikiya Iwaki
Yoshino
Akikane Sawa
Akikane Sawa
Kawasaki
Susumu Namishima
Susumu Namishima
Yokota
Tokio Kozuka
Nishiyama
Yuji Kitamine
Reporter C
Tadashi Minamikawa
Broadcaster A
Hiroshi Asahina
Broadcast Reporter B
Masazumi Okabe
Messenger
Tadashi Suganuma
Diver
Kyosuke Makino
Doctor
Kyoji Sugi
Kyoji Sugi
Popsicle shop
Yoshitaka Kosugi
Murase
Katsuya Ishimaru
Noda
Hidesuke Sone
Acting
Kōji Sekiyama
Kōji Sekiyama
Acting
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