The Eleventh Hour

movie

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

Takashi Shimura · Eijirō Tōno · Ryuzo Kikushima · Kokuten Kōdō · Chōko Iida · Shinobu Hashimoto · Eiji Okada · Tomu Uchida · Yoshifumi Tachibana · Shin Tonomura · Shinjirō Ehara · Yoshi Katō · Jiro Takagi

Studios & networks

Toei Company