Snow Trail
1947 · 89 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, Crime
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.
Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi · Written by Akira Kurosawa
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Toshirō Mifune Eijima -
Takashi Shimura Nojiri -
Setsuko Wakayama Haruko -
Akitake Kōno Honda -
Yoshio Kosugi Takasugi -
Kokuten Kōdō Haruko's Grandfather -
Taizō Fukami Chief Detective - E Eizaburô Sakauchi
- F Fumio Ōmachi
- N Nobumitsu Mochizuki
- K Kenzo Asada
- F Fusatarō Ishijima Shikanoyu Hotel Owner
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