The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour by Tomu Uchida

7.20

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

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura as Banno

Shinjirō Ehara

Shinjirō Ehara as Yamaguchi

Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten Kōdō as

Eiji Okada

Eiji Okada as Shimano

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno as

Chōko Iida

Chōko Iida as Kane Ishigaki

Jiro Takagi

Jiro Takagi as Newspaper Reporter A

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō as Sunaga

Shin Tonomura

Shin Tonomura as Kusaka

Yoshifumi Tachibana

Yoshifumi Tachibana as Yui

Ei Iwagami

Ei Iwagami as Ishigaki

Jun Mita

Jun Mita as Takada

Koji Takishima

Koji Takishima as Nakatsu

Kazuo Nakano

Kazuo Nakano as Oyama

Takashi Kanda

Takashi Kanda as Tachibana

Rinichi Yamamoto

Rinichi Yamamoto as Kawamura

Shiko Saito

Shiko Saito as Director Yoshikawa

Kentaro Taki

Kentaro Taki as Director Ueda

Masako Nakamura

Masako Nakamura as Michi Kogen

Motoharu Ueki

Motoharu Ueki as Jiro Takahara

Tokue Hanazawa

Tokue Hanazawa as Takichi Banno

Kyoko Shinobazu

Kyoko Shinobazu as Katsuko Banno

Yōyō Kojima

Yōyō Kojima as Kaichi Yui

Itaru Hamada

Itaru Hamada as Yamaguchi's father

Akiko Kazami

Akiko Kazami as Kiku Noda

Eri Tsuruma

Eri Tsuruma as Toshi Noda

Hisako Takihana

Hisako Takihana as Toshie Sunaga

Rikiya Iwaki

Rikiya Iwaki as Yoshino

Akikane Sawa

Akikane Sawa as Kawasaki

Susumu Namishima

Susumu Namishima as Yokota

Tokio Kozuka

Tokio Kozuka as Nishiyama

Yuji Kitamine

Yuji Kitamine as Reporter C

Tadashi Minamikawa

Tadashi Minamikawa as Broadcaster A

Hiroshi Asahina

Hiroshi Asahina as Broadcast Reporter B

Masazumi Okabe

Masazumi Okabe as Messenger

Tadashi Suganuma

Tadashi Suganuma as Diver

Kyosuke Makino

Kyosuke Makino as Doctor

Kyoji Sugi

Kyoji Sugi as Popsicle shop

Yoshitaka Kosugi

Yoshitaka Kosugi as Murase

Katsuya Ishimaru

Katsuya Ishimaru as Noda

Hidesuke Sone

Hidesuke Sone as

Kōji Sekiyama

Kōji Sekiyama as

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