The Last Embrace (1953)
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.
Director:
Masahiro Makino
Writer:
Motosada Nishikame
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Yoshiko Yamaguchi as Yukiko Nogami |
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Toshirō Mifune as Shinkichi / Hayakawa |
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Takashi Shimura as Watanabe (Nabesan) |
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Akihiko Hirata as Yamaoka (Sandaime) |
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Hiroshi Koizumi as Yoshikawa (Sampei) |
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Sachio Sakai as Uchimura (Saboten) |
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Katsumi Tezuka as Gangster |
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Seiji Miyaguchi as Gangster |
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Ren Yamamoto as Numaguchi (Kurochan) |
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Toyoko Takegawa as Madame Natsuko |
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Yo Shiomi as Mitsutaro |
| Writing | Haruo Umeda | Writer |
| Directing | Masahiro Makino | Director |
| Writing | Motosada Nishikame | Screenplay |
| Art | Kazuo Ogawa | Art Direction |
| Sound | Yumei Hosaka | Sound |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Lighting | Tsuruzô Nishikawa | Gaffer |
| Writing | Toshio Yasumi | Story |
| Sound | Yasushi Akutagawa | Original Music Composer |
