The Eleventh Hour

Release Date: 1957-11-24

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.

Rating: 7.2 / 10

Cast

Takashi Shimura

as Banno

Shinjirō Ehara

as Yamaguchi

Kokuten Kōdō

as

Eiji Okada

as Shimano

Eijirō Tōno

as