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The Eleventh Hour
1 hour 49 minutes1957-11-24
7.2
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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.
Cast
![Takashi Shimura](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ydyAm2vyBbEPZRICIMqqjDm0NM9.jpg)
Takashi Shimura
Banno
![Shinjirô Ehara](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2l7eRXWkEzdNJEe9zyYUvkg6ocn.jpg)
Shinjirô Ehara
Yamaguchi
![Kokuten Kōdō](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yYtoQtEf3QntzWC7XRQeJQeGp52.jpg)
Kokuten Kōdō
![Eiji Okada](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mQb4kOYl1WlISWZOStAhm13DHdQ.jpg)
Eiji Okada
Shimano
![Eijirō Tōno](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wsUx6WKA7Z7az2IOIbv5G4cAfXA.jpg)
Eijirō Tōno
![Chōko Iida](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//73pITXFWWhFtwxuhl62xQbHzWWg.jpg)
Chōko Iida
Kane Ishigaki
![Jiro Takagi](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jiro Takagi
Newspaper Reporter A
![Yoshi Katō](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ys1MOHwvnifFKGnvoF7bm0rHfsm.jpg)
Yoshi Katō
Sunaga
![Shin Tonomura](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Shin Tonomura
Kusaka
![Yoshifumi Tachibana](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Yoshifumi Tachibana
Yui
![Ei Iwagami](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ei Iwagami
Ishigaki
![Jun Mita](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jun Mita
Takada
![Koji Takishima](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Koji Takishima
Nakatsu
![Kazuo Nakano](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kazuo Nakano
Oyama
![Takashi Kanda](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fDpY6hYAHgEJW3mXwbU7Day3oeC.jpg)
Takashi Kanda
Tachibana
![Rinichi Yamamoto](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wn1rZC8gTXFHF0bTKP1FDR7ME8U.jpg)
Rinichi Yamamoto
Kawamura
![Shiko Saito](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Shiko Saito
Director Yoshikawa
![Kentaro Taki](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kentaro Taki
Director Ueda
![Masako Nakamura](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jNAl6GQ9RbxwF8rZ79q4WaoczT2.jpg)
Masako Nakamura
Michi Kogen
![Motoharu Ueki](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lp7Dd8eszN2PYU8sj0sFx7f8NT8.jpg)
Motoharu Ueki
Jiro Takahara
![Tokue Hanazawa](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1uHrAp1aieQw2hgmkhaBDSgxMLD.jpg)
Tokue Hanazawa
Takichi Banno
![Kyoko Shinobazu](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kyoko Shinobazu
Katsuko Banno
![Yōyō Kojima](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Yōyō Kojima
Kaichi Yui
![Itaru Hamada](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Itaru Hamada
Yamaguchi's father
![Akiko Kazami](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kxQKf22kpzeDoQUbXqf0OAmKSMB.jpg)
Akiko Kazami
Kiku Noda
![Eri Tsuruma](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Eri Tsuruma
Toshi Noda
![Hisako Takihana](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pTFGIZ8utQNT0Cy3RJkibHQ5Sn4.jpg)
Hisako Takihana
Toshie Sunaga
![Rikiya Iwaki](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Rikiya Iwaki
Yoshino
![Akikane Sawa](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//e4OmJVHkZ6kYSrfNW43XiWlsP5B.jpg)
Akikane Sawa
Kawasaki
![Susumu Namishima](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1X8L7lrQEBlVtEjjPjcg1AbfnXy.jpg)
Susumu Namishima
Yokota
![Tokio Kozuka](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tokio Kozuka
Nishiyama
![Yuji Kitamine](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Yuji Kitamine
Reporter C
![Tadashi Minamikawa](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tadashi Minamikawa
Broadcaster A
![Hiroshi Asahina](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Hiroshi Asahina
Broadcast Reporter B
![Masazumi Okabe](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Masazumi Okabe
Messenger
![Tadashi Suganuma](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tadashi Suganuma
Diver
![Kyosuke Makino](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kyosuke Makino
Doctor
![Kyoji Sugi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//aGQyZNI35DUY6PttZ7W635SUiJu.jpg)
Kyoji Sugi
Popsicle shop
![Yoshitaka Kosugi](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Yoshitaka Kosugi
Murase
![Katsuya Ishimaru](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Katsuya Ishimaru
Noda
![Hidesuke Sone](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Hidesuke Sone
![Kōji Sekiyama](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3I3EnmPG5L57GVSFOzJrAFKFK1R.jpg)