The Last Embrace
1953 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan
Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subsequently fall in love. But when Shinkichi dies in an avalanche, Yukiko leaves the mountains in despair and takes a job in a bar where she becomes deeply involved in the personal lives of several of the patrons. One day she thinks she sees Shinkichi alive, but it turns out to be a gangster named Hayakawa, a man on the run who bears an astonishing resemblance to Yukiko's lost love. Against her better judgment, she is drawn to help Hayakawa, though clearly danger follows him.
Direction Masahiro Makino
Cast Shirley Yamaguchi · Toshirô Mifune · Takashi Shimura · Akihiko Hirata · Hiroshi Koizumi · Sachio Sakai · Ren Yamamoto · Seiji Miyaguchi · Katsumi Tezuka · Yo Shiomi
Soundtrack Yasushi Akutagawa
Screenplay Haruo Umeda · Motosada Nishiki · Toshio Yasumi
Cinematography Tadashi Iimura
Original title Hoyo
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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