While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
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小栗旬、松田龙平、高桥一生，太宰治、芥川龙之介、川端康成。高桥真的不适合演这个，演也是徒劳。奈绪很美，我的脑子里却总蹦出来苍井优的脸，然后想要叫她秀美小姐……就像，梦里去吃酒店的早餐，我深知身边的人不该是她，却叫不出你的名字
好像发生了什么，又好像什么都没改变——这就是雪
2022-04-23
深深的徒劳，一直永存的违和感，雪国，那是穿过隧道才能到的地方。说走就走的男人，尤其生活奢侈态度随便的。女人无法接受贫穷，最善良的人最会被磨难。虚无在力量面前也是有机会被击穿的。奈绪是越来越会演戏了，收得很到位。
前段的复古质感和惊悚氛围真挺不错的，可惜后面进入高潮戏后反而崩了。创意好评。
怀念那个血肉横飞变态怪胎满嘴粗话满屏奶子屁股的录像带年代
奈绪很美，没有叶子啥事。个人向春风沉醉的夜晚致敬。
双视角还蛮有意思的，仿佛解迷。奈绪好美啊，高桥在这里面演得让人失望。
没看懂的电影，我的水平好低Σ(ŎдŎ|||)ﾉﾉ
”不要用雪比喻爱情，它是寂寞无望的"。高桥虽换了泡面头发型仍没有玩世不恭阔绰子弟的颓废气息，也没有演绎出对肉欲的追逐和对情欲的渴望，失败。奈绪的驹子则完美表现出一个本性纯洁落入红尘变得风尘的样子，末尾的日记独白情绪感染力十足。驹子所爱非人，很多人包括我又何尝不是呢，把精神寄托在别人身上，贪婪的汲取短暂的快乐，既清醒的意识到不可能，又束缚自己沉沦在虚幻的爱里，最终徒劳一场
如果我是70多岁的老太太看这个影片应该会挺伤心的 老人的描写有点猎奇啊
嘴上说着徒劳，最后没人成功超脱，还带点解谜味道。nao在这里真是太美了，一开始还觉得不昭和，属于是越看越迷人的造型和演技
川端康成在日本彻底转向军国主义时写了雪国，低气压下的所谓知识分子害怕面对真实的现实，他们的恐惧是认定生命本身是徒劳，而且越是怒放的生命就越徒劳，任由一切以自然的形态去发展毁灭，这种吃饱了撑的人物让高桥一生来演实在是违和，不够冷漠无耻
是徒劳啊。。。 （高桥好看，驹子也好看，有点像苍井优有点像周韵
3.5-吧 有点boring 我很喜欢的点是有很多小说独白式的片段 感觉比较像小说演绎的这种风格 但是感觉益生菌有点出戏
5.1 奈绪在我这里已经完了，高桥一生离完了也不远了。
没读原著的人眼里，感觉是一个装逼犯与傻小妞的故事……傻小妞还尚且惹人怜爱。装逼犯真的感觉是来观光喝花酒的游客，和这个故事完全没关系………
不得不说我真的真的还是好喜欢益生菌啊。奈绪太好看了，楚楚动人惹人怜爱，叙事有点点混乱，但是整体编排能接受，光影很美，特别有日本的独特文化感，我个人蛮喜欢的
从妆发到布景都太令和了，给人一种无聊景区里千篇一律的仿古商业街的廉价感。知道高桥一生声音好听但也没必要靠念白来推进剧情吧
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