The Last Embrace

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.

• Haruo UmedaWriter
• Masahiro MakinoDirector
• Motosada NishikameScreenplay
• Yasushi AkutagawaOriginal Music Composer

• Yoshiko YamaguchiYukiko Nogami
• Toshirō MifuneShinkichi / Hayakawa
• Takashi ShimuraWatanabe (Nabesan)
• Akihiko HirataYamaoka (Sandaime)
• Hiroshi KoizumiYoshikawa (Sampei)
• Sachio SakaiUchimura (Saboten)
• Katsumi TezukaGangster
• Seiji MiyaguchiGangster
• Ren YamamotoNumaguchi (Kurochan)
• Toyoko TakegawaMadame Natsuko
• Yo ShiomiMitsutaro