The Last Embrace

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

Haruo Umeda, Motosada Nishikame, Toshio Yasumi

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Release date

11 March 1953

Ensemble

Cast

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  Yoshiko Yamaguchi

  Yukiko Nogami

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  Toshirō Mifune

  Shinkichi / Hayakawa

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  Takashi Shimura

  Watanabe (Nabesan)

• 

  Akihiko Hirata

  Yamaoka (Sandaime)

• 

  Hiroshi Koizumi

  Yoshikawa (Sampei)

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  Sachio Sakai

  Uchimura (Saboten)

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  Katsumi Tezuka

  Gangster

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  Seiji Miyaguchi

  Gangster

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  Ren Yamamoto

  Numaguchi (Kurochan)

• Toyoko Takegawa

  Madame Natsuko

• Yo Shiomi

  Mitsutaro