The Eleventh Hour
|どたんば
Status: Released
Runtime: 109
Release Date: 24/11/1957
Origin Language: ja
Origin Country: JP
Languages: Japanese
Production: Toei Company
Countries: Japan
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0 (0)
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.
