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Snow Trail

1947-08-05 · 89 min · ★ 7.2

Drama · Crime · Action · Thriller

Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.

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Directors
Senkichi Taniguchi
Production companies
TOHO
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Toshirō MifuneToshirō MifuneEijima
Takashi ShimuraTakashi ShimuraNojiri
Setsuko WakayamaSetsuko WakayamaHaruko
Akitake KōnoAkitake KōnoHonda
Yoshio KosugiYoshio KosugiTakasugi
Kokuten KōdōKokuten KōdōHaruko's Grandfather
Taizō FukamiTaizō FukamiChief Detective
Eizaburô SakauchiInvestigation Chief (as Eizaburô Sakauchi)
Fumio ŌmachiDetective (as Fumio Ômachi)
Kenzo AsadaReporter
Fusatarō IshijimaShikanoyu Hotel Owner
Haruko ToyamaMaid A
Chizuko OkamuraMaid B
Toshio KasaiStudent
Ko IshidaStudent (as Ko Ishida)
Tokubei HanazawaLumberjack
Mitsuo TsudaLumberjack
Nobumitsu MorozukiKiuemon
Fumiyoshi KumagawaLumberjack

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