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TOHO Toho Film Corporation Presents

SNOW TRAIL (Ginrei no Hate)

Producer: TANAKA Tomoyuki

Screenplay: KUROSAWA Akira

Photography by: SEGAWAJumichi Art Direction by: KAWASHIMA Taizo Sound Recording: KAMEYAMA Shoji Lighting by: HIRATA Koji Music by: IFUKUBE Akira

Ass't Director: USAMI Jin Sound Effects: MITSUNAWA Ichiro Editing: NAGASAWAYoshiki Engineering: Toho Engineering Department FiIm Processing: Kinuta Laboratory Production Manager: NEZU Noboru

Cast

MlFUNE Toshiro

SHIMURA Takashi WAKAYAMA Setsuko KONO Akitake KOSUGI Yoshio

KODO Kokuten FUKAMI Taizo SAKAUCHI Eizaburo OMACHI Fumio MOCHIZUKI Nobumitsu ASADA Kenzo

ISIJIMA Fusataro TOYAMA Haruko OKAMURA Chizuko KASAI Toshio ISHIDA Ryo HANASAWA Tokue

Directed by: TANlGUCHl Senkichi

THE BANK ROBBERY TRlO...

SNEAK lNTO NAGANO PREFECTURE!

lNVESTlGATlON HEADQUARTERS MOVE TO THE NORTHERN JAPANESE ALPS AREA!

- Hello! Hello!

Hello! Hello!

Hello! Hello!

- We are just like fish out of water. l should have learned how to ski.

- They are in the same situation.

- That's true.

- Either way, those shoes won't work.

- l hardly expected that l had to come this far.

They put us to a great deal of trouble.

- Well, it may be a good opportunity. l'll have ski equipment prepared for you in no time.

- The robbers will slip and slide right into the police dragnet.

- l contacted both Kunugisawa and Akadake Hot Springs,

but l couldn't contact Shikanoyu.

- Thank you.

- That's probably where they are.

- They must have cut the telephone line.

- lt's the oldest trick.

- Then they are like mice in a trap.

- Why?

- Let me explain.

This is where Shikanoyu is.

lt is about 20km from here.

The reason why the chief called them mice in a trap is...

There's only one road to Shikanoyu and it's pretty much a dead end.

The Forestry station is here about 7km ahead.

And 14 km further, there is the Tanizawa ski lodge.

Between the Ministry of Forestry station and the ski lodge,

l am talking about this area here,

is a noted place for avalanches.

Only an expert skier or a hunter that's familiar with the local geography could pass through.

Almost every accident in the mountains happens here.

- What is it like on the other side of the ski lodge?

- From that point, there is hardly any road.

ln the summer, it may not be impossible to go over,

but in the wintertime, only an expert mountaineer can go beyond that point.

For an amateur, it's the same as suicide.

lt is a relentless mountain.

l went there once, but came back right away.

lf it's clear,

you can see the ridge with the shape of shark's teeth though that birch tree.

- Where's Shikanoyu?

- You can't see it from here.

That area halfway up the mountain where clouds are now casting shadows.

- Yes...

- Do you see the two ridgelines shaped like a horseback?

- Yes, yes.

- lt's in the valley between those ridgelines.

- l see.

How long will it take, if we leave right now?

- Well, since we don't have any luggage, we should get there easily before dinner time.

- Hello, it is a good day, isn't it?

Ah, Mr. Kamijo, what happened?

- Nothing. Don't make a big deal.

- The bank robbers! l heard it on the radio.

- Radio...

Hey Kamijo! - Yes.

- ls there any radio in Shikanoyu?

- Radio? - Yes.

- Yes, there is. l heard it there once.

- Then cutting the telephone line is not enough for them.

- Many lumberjacks have gone up there this year.

And the old man of Shikanoyu is a tough man who used to be an amateur Sumo champion.

- The robbers may be held down by now.

- That would be a troubling situation because the robbers are still armed.

Someone may get hurt if they get agitated.

l'm hoping that the robbers would stay there without being noticed by anyone.

- l see.

SHlKANOYU

- No wonder, it doesn't work. The vacuum tube is missing.

- Really? Who stole it?

These days, a vacuum tube would cost a few hundred yen.

- lt is strange. The wiring has been cut to pieces.

- This is no trifling matter. Just think about this.

First of all, phones stopped working.

The telephone line would never break on a calm windless day.

That means someone intentionally cut it.

Then this incident with the radio.

l'm sure that these things are connected to the bank robbery.

- Well, l think you read too many mystery novels.

- Stop joking!

Those three men arrived around 10 o'clock,

The ones in the room 7 upstairs, what do you think about them?

- Well, l didn't think much about them. They are men.

- Damn!

l am notjoking. This is serious.

They perfectly match the descriptions of the suspects.

You remember the news on the radio at noon don't you?

When it started describing the robbers' facial features,

the man in the room 7 abruptly turned the radio off.

- Some people dislike radios.

- That's not all.

According to the newscast,

the leader of the group is missing the ring finger and the little finger on his right hand.

That man in room 7 with the sunglasses

kept wearing a glove on his right hand even inside the house.

- Really?

- Besides, that red leather bag is fishy too.

No one carries a bag like that into the mountains.

And when the maid tried to take the bag from him, he angrily took it back from her.

- l see.

- Can you see what l am saying now?

- But you've always had an overactive imagination.

- What do you mean?

- Once you insisted that the girl at the cash register has a crush on you.

And you used to look totally self-complacent.

But it was just a total misreading.

l won't believe it until l see some concrete evidence.

- What kind of concrete evidence?

- For instance, l need to see with my own eyes

that the man's ring finger and little finger are missing.

- How can we make him take his glove off?

- l don't know.

l slept well.

lt's night time now. No wonder l'm hungry.

What are you thinking about?

- How can we make him take his glove off...

- Are you still thinking about that?

Stop thinking about that. Let's go take a bath.

- Bath?

- That's right. And after the bath, let's eat!

- That's it!

- Don't startle me. What's the matter?

- The bath is the answer!

- l don't know what you're talking about.

- That man must take his glove off when he takes a bath. lsn't that right?

- Hey, your soup is getting cold. Why don't you eat first?

- l don't care.

- l am amazed at your curiosity...

- Quiet! Someone came out.

No, he is not the leader.

They're being careful. They bathe one at a time.

- Then you should eat now.

- l can't. You never know...

Save some food for me.

- Are you going to eat? - Of course I'II eat.

- Give me some tea.

- Damn, you put me to so much trouble.

- Shh! He's back.

No, that's not him. He is just a underling.

- The big man is the last.

''Good chiId. Tender-hearted chiId...

''The chiId Iooks Iike an appIe...''

- Shh!

- Let's go.

- ldiot! What do you think you're doing?

- Let's go take a bath.

- lt's not the time for that.

- We can go in and wait for them there.

- That's true.

He's here. - Yes.

''Hatsue''

- Hey.

- Oh, there is a rabbit track.

l am sorry.

- Watch out!

- ''A raft rider is traveIing through the Kiso district...

''Over Mount Ontake. It is coId even in the summertime...

- Uncle!

- ''A raft rider needs a Iined kimono...

''Take these socks with you...''

- Hey, maid. You said that you don't have any sak�.

- They brought the sak� from town by themselves.

- l bet the innkeeper diluted the sak� with water.

Tell him to take this money.

- l can't do that.

- What!?

- Stop it. lt's not time for sak�.

- What do you want?

- ''A raft rider needs underwear...

- You'll catch a cold, idiot!

- ''Have underwear taiIored...''

- Hey, wait.

- What did you do with the student?

- l tied him up and threw him in the bedroom.

- What about Ejima?

- He's keeping the staff under lock and key in the basement.

- What shall we do about these men?

- Don't move!

- Let's take away their clothes so they can't escape.

- Don't wear that!

Everyone, get naked.

Hurry up! Can't you see this gun?

- What is that?

- Bastards! - Wait.

- Hello!

Hello!

- We're here. This way. This way.

We're here.

- What happened to you guys?

- We got in this awful situation.

- l have never been in a bath for this long.

Please find our clothes.

- Clothes? What happened to your clothes?

- Well, it's a long story. Brrr... it's cold.

They shot a gun and made us take our clothes off.

We were lucky that we could stay in this hot spring.

- And where are they?

- They left from the back entrance.

- Shall we go after them now?

- Of course.

- Old fool! What a drag.

- Damn you, punk!

- Hey.

- Oh, there is a hut! A hut! A hut!

- This must be the Forestry Service's station.

- The caretaker must be away. We're in luck.

- lt's cold.

lt's nice to be near the fire.

Look at that fine color.

l feel relieved at last.

Everything is here.

Shall we stay here for a while?

- Old man was crying just a minute ago, but now he's laughing.

- What are you doing now?

- Preparing more firewood. That's not enough until the morning.

- About the barking dog we heard back at the inn...

Was it really a police dog?

- lf you want to know, go find out yourself.

- What? Say it again!

- lf you want to know, go find out yourself.

On the radio and newspaper, they keep calling us the gang of three robbers.

We should think about separating.

- That's fine.

- What's the matter?

- Three bundles,

three bundles,

three bundles.

Three bundles,

three bundles,

three bundles.

Three bundles,

One bundle,

one bundle, one bundle.

There is one left over.

l'll take this.

Any objection?

Why aren't you taking the money? Do you have an objection?

- l don't like it. l don't want to be separated.

- We don't have to separate. But in case we have to escape separately...

- But we promised each other that we'll escape together or get caught together.

- l can't say that l never heard it,

but who took us to this dead end road on a remote mountain?

- But... - But what!

- Hey, that's enough.

lnstead of arguing, we should think about how we're going to escape from here.

- That's right. lf we don't act quickly, we may freeze or starve to death.

- Nojiri-san.

- Yes.

- Let's say,

if we give ourselves up now,

how much prison time will we get?

- Bastard!

Senile old fool!

- Stop!

ldiots!

Dirty bastard!

- Hurry up, old man!

- ls the old man all right? - I don't care.

- Listen everyone. Don't shoot your gun unless it is a real emergency.

- Why can't they shoot their guns?

- lt can cause an avalanche.

- Avalanche?

- Takasugi!

- Stop! Stop!

Stop or we'll shoot!

- Run!

- Old man had a hunch.

Poor man.

- What a waste. All that money.

- Oh! Oh! Look at that! lsn't that a ski track?

- That wasn't the sound of a hunting rifle.

- Grandpa, you're still talking about it. lt was only your imagination.

- No, my hearing is..

- You are going to say that you can hear a bear's footstep from 300 yards away.

- Not 300 yards, only 200 yards.

- Either way, you must be talking about 30 years ago.

- No, l'm sure it wasn't a hunting rifle. - Hey!

- Grandpa, we have visitors.

Yoo-hoo!

- lt's cold out, Harubo.

- Yoo-hoo!

Yoo-hoo!

Yoo-hoo!

Yoo-hoo!

Yoo-hoo!

- Harue, pour sak� for the visitors.

- l never expected anyone would be living in an area like this.

- Honda-san. - Yes.

l am in trouble.

Old man.

- Yes.

- l won't be able to go down the mountain for a while after that avalanche and this snowstorm.

- Yes.

You probably have to wait for a week.

- A week?

- Yes. - I'm gIad!

- Why are you glad?

- Because Honda-san can't go home.

- You rascal!

l'll get a good scolding from my boss.

- You won't get any newspapers, letters, or new visitors for a while.

- l don't mind.

Only bears would visit this time of the year.

- We must be related to bears.

- l didn't mean that.

- Does that radio work?

- lt stopped working 6 months ago.

Battery is out.

Honda-san, next time you come, please bring me batteries.

- All right. All right.

- That's a vague answer.

Honda-san's face is red like a boiled octopus.

- This is good sak�.

What's that sound?

- lt's a pigeon. - Pigeon?

- A carrier pigeon. lt's to keep in contact with the folks at the foot of the mountain.

- Come on, Honda-san. Show me your dance.

You haven't danced once this year.

You had enough sak� to dance tonight.

- You rascal!

That's why you poured me so much sak�.

You wanted me drunk so l would dance.

- Please dance.

- No, no.

- Come on! Please dance.

Please... Please.

- All right. lf you want me to dance so badly.

Play a record for me.

- No, that's a bottle of honey.

- Oh! l see.

Well, l'm going to dance now.

l have this habit of dancing when l get drunk. Please excuse me.

- You haven't changed a bit since you were a student.

- Which record do you want me to play?

- ''Oh Suzanna''. lt's on the B side of ''My Old Kentucky Home''.

This is a show you rarely get to see.

Harubo! You dance too!

- No, l don't want to.

- Come on, let's dance.

- No, l don't want to!

l don't want to!

- Yoo-hoo!

- Good morning.

ls something wrong?

- Well the pigeon is...

- We just found it dead.

l wonder how that happened. She loved it so much.

- l slept well.

What's that?

- The pigeon's grave.

- He is a lucky pigeon.

- Why?

- Well, when l die, l want to be buried at a place like this.

ln the springtime this will be a field of flowers.

- Damn, what a waste. lt should have been roasted and eaten.

Stop watching that nonsense and come in here.

What is this?

This is like a prison cell in a foreign movie.

How ominous.

- What did you want me for?

- Damn. Nojiri-san. - What?

- Get serious now.

We had enough of resting. We didn't come here for a vacation.

- l know that.

- lf you know, why don't you perk up?

lt seems that you got senile since yesterday.

- What makes you say that? - Just see yourseIf in a mirror.

You've had a foolish expression on your face since yesterday.

We should be thinking about what to do next.

- Yes.

- Don'tjust say yes.

That old man said this road is a dead end.

- That can't be true.

Honda said that he has passed over that mountain before.

- Was it done in summertime? - No, in winter.

- That means the old man lied.

lf that young punk can cross the mountain, why can't we?

- He is supposedly a famous mountain climbing expert.

- Expert mountain climber?

- Yes. - Don't make me Iaugh.

What use is being an expert?

- At least it will be a good use for us if we make him guide our way.

- l see.

- Mister! Help me prepare the bath.

- Nojiri-san. You are soft on girls.

- lt was my first experience to bathe in heated snow water.

- Was that warm enough for you?

- Grandpa, it is too hot!

- l will put some snow in.

Open the window.

You have to open wider.

- Oh, it is cold.

- There!

ls it enough?

- lt's still too hot.

- Wait for a minute.

Here they are.

- Wait.

- Ready? There!

- Hey, do the guests have to bathe after the family in this house?

- ln a mountain lodge, that's how it is.

lf you don't work, you don't get anything.

One who does not prepare even one piece of firewood should be the last.

- Yoo-hoo!

Yoo-hoo!

Yoo-hoo!

Grandpa, give me some honey.

l am thirsty.

- Here.

- Give him some, too. - Yes.

- Here.

Mister. - Yes.

- Why do you always wear a glove on your right hand?

- l have neuralgia.

- l see. My grandpa has that, too. l'll massage your hand.

- That's all right. lt doesn't hurt now.

- Honda-san, have some honey.

- Thank you.

- lt smells good doesn't it? - Yes.

- lt's lily of the valley honey. - I see.

- Drinking this makes you feel like it is springtime.

- Yes.

- Try this.

- Yes.

- lt smells good.

- Yes.

- lt's lily of the valley honey.

- Yeah?

- Drinking this makes you feel like it is springtime.

- Are you insane, Nojiri-san?

Stop being silly.

That girl who's young enough to be your granddaughter has you under her thumb.

- lt's not like that.

- No one admits being in a situation.

- You would never understand.

l have a daughterjust about her age.

- l've heard that before.

When will we cross the mountain?

l left it all to your discretion, and nothing got done.

- Shut up!

Be quiet.

- You're becoming more senile every day, just like that dead old man.

- Stop it.

Don't speak ill of the dead.

- Do you want me to pray to Buddha? - Shut up!

You should have died instead of the old man.

- Which record was playing when you came.

- You have a poor memory, Harubo.

- But...

- You were asking me to teach the song then.

- That's right.

- Yes, this is it.

What is this music called?

- ''My... My Old Kentucky Home''.

- l see. lt is Western music. What does that mean?

- My old home in Kentucky...

lsn't that right?

- Yes, that's right.

- What is Ken... Kentucky?

- lt is a state in America.

The song is about a place dear to one's heart.

- l see.

There's no difference in human feelings between the West and Japan.

This song reminds me of my childhood.

- Stop it! Stop it!

l hate that music..!!!

l'm drenched in sweat.

Good morning.

- Every morning and evening, the snow turns to a rosy color for a while.

That's when the mountain is the most beautiful.

- What is that sound?

- They're cutting trees to clear the road.

- Road clearing?

Where the avalanche was?

- Probably.

lt's close.

They may open up the road tomorrow.

- Guide us.

You'll guide us across that mountain.

- lt is impossible for amateurs.

- Shut up or l will shoot you.

- l will not go. lt is too reckless.

- You are brave, young man.

- Yoo-hoo!

- You don't want that girl to get hurt, do you?

Listen, l am the kind of man who would do anything in a frenzy.

- Yoo-hoo!

- Give me the rice bowl.

This is really amazing.

lt can be a can-opener...

a screw driver...

and a bottle opener. l want something like this!

- Harue!

- How was the mountain? 'Rosen Morgel'.

- You have a poor memory, Harubo. That's ''Rosen Morgen''.

- What is that?

- ''Rosen Morgen''? lt's a Rosy morning.

The view we just had. The mountain was especially beautiful this morning.

- Are you feeling the sorrow of parting?

Damn, l have to be tied?

That's inauspicious.

- We are in the same boat now.

You are fine.

Stay calm. Use your crampon!

We are almost there. lt's all downhill from here.

- Hey, stop being lazy and pull me up!

Damn! What is this rope for?

Hey! ldiot! Pull me up now, stupid!

Help me.

- Honda-san!

Honda-san! Honda-san!

What's the matter? What happened?

- lt's good that you're safe.

- What happened to your arm?

- lt is broken.

- That's not good.

- The sun is setting. Let's hurry up.

- But he's really hurt.

- We won't make him guide us anymore. We'll just leave him here.

He is an expert mountain climber. He'll find a way.

Aren't you going?

lf you're not going, l'll go alone.

Hey! What will you do?

- l can't be that ungrateful.

- A thief with a conscience.

Hey Nojiri-san, a posse must have arrived at the lodge by now.

lf you turn back, you'll be caught for sure.

The money will be no use for you. Give it to me.

l said give it to me!

lf you want to live, Nojiri-san.

- Damn! Take it!

- ls that all?

- Don't get greedy!

- Oh, l am going to take this hammer and the rope.

Untie it! l said untie it!

- l can't give you this. We can't go down without it.

- l don't care!

- Honda-san, Honda-san!

Honda-san, Honda-san, Honda-san!

Honda-san, let's go back. Let's go back to the lodge.

- l'm sorry for your trouble.

- That's what l must say to you.

- l have a cigarette in my right pocket.

- There's only one good one.

- Please smoke that. - No, I don't need one.

- Ah, it tastes good.

- Thanks.

Honda-san.

- Yes?

- This may be a strange question, but...

Why did you save me repeatedly?

We forced you at gunpoint to climb with us.

So why you didn't cut the rope then?

- That's the rule of the mountains.

You never cut the rope under any circumstances.

The rope that ties humans can never be cut for any reason.

- But...

- l just followed that rule.

- Honda-san, the lodge is near.

- lt's wonderful...

'Rosen Morgen'.

- What?

- Rosy morning.

- lt's not morning. lt's evening.

- Beautiful.

- Oh, it's not good. He has a high fever.

- lt was 20 years ago.

- What?

- l was a high school student.

One morning, l stood here and saw the rosy morning.

Since then, l can never escape from that charm.

- Honda-san, Honda-san!

- lt's wonderful. 'Rosen Morgen'.

- Honda-san, let's go. Pull yourself together.

- Don't worry.

The mountain would never let bad men return.

- We will have a doctor sent to Shikanoyu right away.

- Thank you.

- Wait for a while. l'll get a sled from Shikanoyu.

- Thank you.

- Honey.

Mister... Thank you for the knife.

- Will you keep that knife?

Even from a man like me?

- Mister, l was told that you are not a bad man.

- Who told you that?

- My grandpa.

- lt smells good.

- We should go now.

- Come on.

- You sewed up the rip for me.

Bye.

Please stay well, old man.

Honda-san,

l don't know what to say to you.

- We always say ''Let's see each other again on a mountain''.

That's the greeting among mountain climbers.

- Let's go!

We must pass the rough spot before the snow gets too loose.

- Thank you very much for your cooperation.

- Harubo!

Play a record. Play that record.

- What record?

- You have a poor memory, Harubo.

- Ah!

- Sir.

May l open the shade for a little bit?

l want to see the mountain once more.

- Yes.

- Thank you.

Thank you very much.

SNOW TRAIL THE END