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
42 people
Takashi Shimura
Banno
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Seven Samurai
Ikiru
Shinjirō Ehara
Yamaguchi
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Seven Samurai
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Eiji Okada
Shimano
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Eijirō Tōno
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Seven Samurai
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Chōko Iida
Kane Ishigaki
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Jiro Takagi
Newspaper Reporter A
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Yoshi Katō
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Hachiko
Shin Tonomura
Kusaka
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Yoshifumi Tachibana
Yui
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Tomu Uchida Director · Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay Ryuzo Kikushima Author
First release November 24, 1957 · Produced in Japan · Original title どたんば
Production
Toei Company
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Japan
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Original title
どたんば
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 24, 1957
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
September 26, 1966 · Theatrical
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