The Last Embrace

抱擁

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

Screenplay

Haruo Umeda

Screenplay

Motosada Nishikame

Music

Yasushi Akutagawa

Status

Released

Release date

11/03/1953

Original language

Japanese