The Eleventh Hour

Japan

• 1957-11-24(JP)
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  Drama
• ▪ 1h-49m

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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.

• Shozo HirogamiSound Recordist

  Shizuka FujiiDirector of Photography

  Ryūzō KikushimaNovel

  Mikio MoriArt Direction

  Taichiro KosugiOriginal Music Composer

  Tomu UchidaDirector