The Eleventh Hour

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 24, 1957

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Toei Company

Cast

Shin Tonomura,Jun Mita,Koji Takishima,Kyoji Sugi,Susumu Namishima,Yoshi Katō,Chōko Iida,Tadashi Minamikawa,Eiji Okada,Masako Nakamuraand 32 more

Director

Tomu Uchida

Writer

Shinobu Hashimoto,Tomu Uchida,Ryuzo Kikushima

Cinematography

Shizuka Fujii

Music

Taichiro Kosugi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0379760