The Eleventh Hour 1957
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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: 1957-11-24
- Runtime: 109 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Takashi Shimura, Shinjirô Ehara, Kokuten Kōdō, Eiji Okada, Eijirō Tōno
- Director: Taichiro Kosugi, Shizuka Fujii, Ryūzō Kikushima, Shozo Hirogami, Mikio Mori
- Source: Layarstar
