The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour (1957)

どたんば

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.

Date of release
1957-11-24
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Action, Drama
Director
Tomu Uchida

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