The Eleventh Hour

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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.

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Cast

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Takashi Shimura actor

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Shinjirō Ehara actor

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Kokuten Kōdō actor Eiji Okada actor

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Eijirō Tōno actor

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Chōko Iida actor

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Jiro Takagi actor

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Yoshi Katō actor

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Shin Tonomura actor

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Yoshifumi Tachibana actor

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Ei Iwagami actor

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Jun Mita actor

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Koji Takishima actor

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Kazuo Nakano actor

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Takashi Kanda actor Rinichi Yamamoto actor

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Shiko Saito actor

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Kentaro Taki actor

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Masako Nakamura actor

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Motoharu Ueki actor