Watch The Eleventh Hour (1957) Online

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. Read More

Watch The Eleventh Hour online. Featuring Takashi Shimura and Shinjirô Ehara, The Eleventh Hour is classified as Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7.3. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in Japan and was released on 1957. The Eleventh Hour was directed by Tomu Uchida. Read Less