The Eleventh Hour
どたんば
Release: 1957-11-24
·Runtime: 109m
·★ 7.2
Action
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Toei Company
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Masako Nakamura
as Michi Kogen
Motoharu Ueki
as Jiro Takahara
Hisako Takihana
as Toshie Sunaga
Kyoji Sugi
as Popsicle shop
Shinjirō Ehara
as Yamaguchi
Kokuten Kōdō
Chōko Iida
as Kane Ishigaki
Kyoko Shinobazu
as Katsuko Banno
Akikane Sawa
as Kawasaki
Tokue Hanazawa
as Takichi Banno
Akiko Kazami
as Kiku Noda
Rinichi Yamamoto
as Kawamura
Eijirō Tōno
Yoshi Katō
as Sunaga
Kōji Sekiyama
Eiji Okada
as Shimano
Takashi Kanda
as Tachibana
Susumu Namishima
as Yokota
Takashi Shimura
as Banno
