The Eleventh Hour
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Chōko Iida · Eiji Okada · Eijirō Tōno · Jiro Takagi · Kokuten Kōdō · Shinjirō Ehara · Shin Tonomura · Takashi Shimura · Yoshifumi Tachibana · Yoshi Katō · Tomu Uchida · Shinobu Hashimoto