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.

Genre:

Action, Drama

Duration:

109 min

Cast:

Takashi Shimura, Shinjirō Ehara, Kokuten Kōdō

Quality:

HD

Director:

Tomu Uchida

Release:

1957

Country:

Japan

Rating:

7.4