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The Eleventh Hour

7.2 average rating
7.2
Japanese / 109 MIN. / 1957

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Takashi ShimuraShinjirô EharaKokuten KōdōEiji OkadaEijirō TōnoChōko IidaJiro TakagiYoshi KatōShin TonomuraYoshifumi TachibanaEi IwagamiJun MitaKoji TakishimaKazuo NakanoTakashi KandaRinichi YamamotoShiko SaitoKentaro TakiMasako NakamuraMotoharu UekiTokue HanazawaKyoko ShinobazuYōyō KojimaItaru HamadaAkiko KazamiEri TsurumaHisako TakihanaRikiya IwakiAkikane SawaSusumu NamishimaTokio KozukaYuji KitamineTadashi MinamikawaHiroshi AsahinaMasazumi OkabeTadashi SuganumaKyosuke MakinoKyoji SugiYoshitaka KosugiKatsuya IshimaruHidesuke SoneKōji Sekiyama

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