The Eleventh Hour
1957, Japanese. Directed by Tomu Uchida.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 24 November 1957
- Original title
- どたんば
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shinobu Hashimoto, Tomu Uchida
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The Eleventh Hour isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 November 1957. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Eleventh Hour?
The Eleventh Hour (1957) was directed by Tomu Uchida and stars Takashi Shimura, Shinjirō Ehara, Kokuten Kōdō.