Snow Trail
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{{Infobox film
| name = Snow Trail
| image = Snow Trail poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Senkichi Taniguchi
| producer = Tomoyuki Tanaka
| writer = Akira Kurosawa
Senkichi Taniguchi (uncredited)
| starring =
| music = Akira Ifukube
| studio = Toho
| cinematography = Junichi Segawa
| editing = Senkichi Taniguchi
Akira Kurosawa (uncredited)
| distributor = Toho
| released = {{Film date|1947|08|05|ref1={{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1947/bw000570.htm |title=銀嶺の果て |publisher=Jmdb.ne.jp |date=2000-05-20 |accessdate=2021-06-07}}}}
| runtime = 89 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
}}
{{Nihongo|Snow Trail|銀嶺の果て|Ginrei no Hate|lead=yes}} is a 1947 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi from a screenplay by Akira Kurosawa.{{cite web|url=https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=3918|title=銀嶺の果て|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム|accessdate=2 November 2019}} It was the first film role for Toshirō Mifune,{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%8A%80%E5%B6%BA%E3%81%AE%E6%9E%9C%E3%81%A6-688480|title=銀嶺の果て|publisher=kotobank|accessdate=27 December 2020}} later to become one of Japan's most famous actors. Mifune and the other main actor in the film, Takashi Shimura, later became long-term collaborators of Kurosawa.
Plot
Three bank robbers (Mifune, Takashi Shimura, and Yoshio Kosugi) on the run from the police hide out high up in the snowy Japanese mountains in a remote lodge inhabited by an old man, his granddaughter and an intrepid mountaineer (Akitake Kono) trapped there by a recent blizzard. They don't know that the men are criminals, and a tense standoff starts to unfold.{{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=26878&key_search=%E9%8A%80%E5%B6%BA%E3%81%AE%E6%9E%9C%E3%81%A6|title=銀嶺の果て|publisher=Kinema Junpo|accessdate=27 December 2020}}
Cast
- Toshiro Mifune as Eijima
- Takashi Shimura as Nojiro
- Yoshio Kosugi as Takasugi
- Akitake Kono as Honda
- Setsuko Wakayama as Haruko
- Kokuten Kōdō as Haruko's Grandfather
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0039423|Snow Trail}}
Category:Japanese black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
Category:Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
Category:Films with screenplays by Akira Kurosawa
Category:Films with screenplays by Senkichi Taniguchi
Category:Films scored by Akira Ifukube
Category:Films about bank robbery
Category:Japanese crime drama films
Category:1947 crime drama films
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