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The Eleventh Hour(どたんば)

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Japan · 1957
1h 49m
Director Tomu Uchida
Starring Takashi Shimura, Shinjirô Ehara, Kokuten Kōdō, Eiji Okada
Genre 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.

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