The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour

どたんば

Release date : 1957-11-24

Production country :

Japan

Production company :

Toei Company

Status : Released

Durasi : 109 Min.

Popularity : 0.998

7.2

Total Vote : 6

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.