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The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour

19577.21h 49m

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.

Directed by Tomu Uchida
Written by Ryuzo Kikushima, Shinobu Hashimoto, Tomu Uchida
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Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Banno

Shinjirō Ehara

Shinjirō Ehara

Yamaguchi

Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten Kōdō

Eiji Okada

Eiji Okada

Shimano

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Chōko Iida

Chōko Iida

Kane Ishigaki

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Jiro Takagi

Newspaper Reporter A

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Sunaga

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Shin Tonomura

Kusaka

Y

Yoshifumi Tachibana

Yui

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About The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour is a action, drama film released in 1957. Directed by Tomu Uchida, it stars Takashi Shimura, Shinjirō Ehara, Kokuten Kōdō. 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.

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