The Eleventh Hour
1957/11/24 • Released • Japanese
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.
Director : Tomu Uchida
Casts
Takashi Shimura
Banno
Shinjirô Ehara
Yamaguchi
Kokuten Kōdō
Eiji Okada
Shimano
Eijirō Tōno
Chōko Iida
Kane Ishigaki
Yoshi Katō
Sunaga
Takashi Kanda
Tachibana
Rinichi Yamamoto
Kawamura
Masako Nakamura
Michi Kogen
Motoharu Ueki
Jiro Takahara
Tokue Hanazawa
Takichi Banno
Kyoko Shinobazu
Katsuko Banno
Akiko Kazami
Kiku Noda
Hisako Takihana
Toshie Sunaga
Akikane Sawa
Kawasaki
Susumu Namishima
Yokota
Kyoji Sugi
Popsicle shop
Kōji Sekiyama
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