The Last Embrace
1953, Japanese. Directed by Masahiro Makino.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Masahiro MakinoDirector
- 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
Details
- Released
- 11 March 1953
- Original title
- 抱擁
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Motosada Nishikame, Haruo Umeda, Toshio Yasumi
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The Last Embrace runs 87 minutes (1h 27m).
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Which OTT platform is The Last Embrace on?
The Last Embrace isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 March 1953. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Last Embrace?
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Who directed The Last Embrace?
The Last Embrace (1953) was directed by Masahiro Makino and stars Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura.