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Japan
7.4 1h 49m

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.

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Top Cast

  • Takashi Shimura

    Takashi Shimura

    Banno

  • Shinjirō Ehara

    Shinjirō Ehara

    Yamaguchi

  • Kokuten Kōdō

    Kokuten Kōdō

  • Eiji Okada

    Eiji Okada

    Shimano

  • Eijirō Tōno

    Eijirō Tōno

  • Chōko Iida

    Chōko Iida

    Kane Ishigaki

  • Jiro Takagi

    Jiro Takagi

    Newspaper Reporter A

  • Yoshi Katō

    Yoshi Katō

    Sunaga

  • Shin Tonomura

    Shin Tonomura

    Kusaka

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

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