The Eleventh Hour (1957)
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.
- Released
- 1957-11-24
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tomu Uchida, Shinobu Hashimoto, Tomu Uchida
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 from 7 votes