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.
小时候得到的叶渭渠唐月梅译本川端康成小说，总是「伊豆的舞女」在前「雪国」在后——这类书我爸一直宣称是为我买的、他自己不喜欢看——那时读完「伊豆的舞女」再读「雪国」就很失望，为什么那位追求舞女的纯粹少年突然成了中年的岛村。不能接受。现在想想「红楼梦」四十一回栊翠庵妙玉请钗黛喝“梯己茶”实则是要骗宝玉跟着二人一起过来的情节，就很能明白「雪国」在讲什么。也是成年人一看就明白，但又恰到好处的种种。一般而言最好的文学，既不直接带你无止境光彩，也不推你向地狱。只是揭示由各种现实里的各类人的可能性构成的交织与冲突带来的多元进退两难或多难之路。解决问题的不是最好的文学，但最好的文学又确实能解决很多深刻的问题。
3.5星。想起一则笑话，老夫妻看片，泪流满面。
看书不太明白，看电影就好多了，驹子多么美丽动人啊，撑住了整部电影。叶子原著很突出，电影里毫无存在感。奈绪和苍井优分不清楚，看了演员表才知道认错人了，之前还想苍井优怎么保养的如此少女……
奈绪的表演太流畅了 干净又漂亮 没看过原著 一知半解
雪国在日本电视剧加电影也快七八部了吧，再拍还能有什么创新的特色。然NHK还是给这部经典的改变带来一些改变，突出了驹酱一个人的个性，整部片子改叫做《驹酱传》也是可以的，不过这种改变倒也不会让人觉得不适，扮演者奈绪很美，很有日本古典美，美丽，可爱，柔弱，傲娇带着点倔强，讲完徒劳一生的故事。故事整体把握克制隐忍，私心想给五星但又觉得太过，如果给4星又觉得也有点不甘。
对剪的空间切割镜头不错。经典的《德州链锯杀人狂》模式的残杀片，有A24变态属性的大概就是“老害”的设定了。保守退伍房东对嬉皮性解放租客，欲求不满、年老色衰的恶妇嫉妒垂涎青春无敌的肉体，这背后反映的是现代人普遍的“年龄焦虑”（雾）。
爱情就是这么做作。苦心经营，敌不过东京来的一个嫖客。
挺喜欢这部影片，舒缓的节奏情感的流动感觉很舒服，总能在女主身上看到苍井优的影子。但这海报太迷惑了，为何不是白茫茫的雪景而是通往雪国的隧道呢。
这个男人可以把无邪不谙世事的少年感表现出来，同时也可以将程式化处理感情却对爱保留的中年男人演绎得很好。奈绪的语调自带一种文学的疏离感。画面当然是寂静的美，服装也同样。
原著并不长，也不好改编。这个程度不算失败。
这片大概是有戒色吧的投资吧，充分说明了万恶淫为首的道理，这幕后花絮看完了，希望也有机会看到《农夫的女儿们》的正片。
挺喜欢这部影片，舒缓的节奏情感的流动感觉很舒服，总能在女主身上看到苍井优的影子。但这海报太迷惑了，为何不是白茫茫的雪景而是通往雪国的隧道呢。
雪国，一个“山沟沟”的地方，“我”在此邂逅了一段“徒劳”的爱情，也被套娃式地卷入了她的那段难以启齿的爱情中。可是，雪终将消融——世间好物不坚牢，彩云易散琉璃脆——正如这段萍水相逢的露水.夫.妻.式的恋情。
岛村会不会喜欢上叶子，岛村喜欢上了驹子，啊岛村会不会喜欢上叶子，岛村没有喜欢叶子
没看懂的电影，我的水平好低Σ(ŎдŎ|||)ﾉﾉ
对剪的空间切割镜头不错。经典的《德州链锯杀人狂》模式的残杀片，有A24变态属性的大概就是“老害”的设定了。保守退伍房东对嬉皮性解放租客，欲求不满、年老色衰的恶妇嫉妒垂涎青春无敌的肉体，这背后反映的是现代人普遍的“年龄焦虑”（雾）。
活着是徒劳，爱情也是徒劳，一切都是徒劳。
不能跟原著的纯洁粲然比，但已经算还原得不错的了。“驹子令我虔诚匍匐，又被悔恨的洪流裹挟”。这一切都是多么地徒劳啊。
雪国、温泉、艺伎！无与伦比的经典！看的似懂非懂，很有点悬疑电影的味道啊，最后真相大白。穿过县界长长的隧道，便是雪国！他们自己的遗产，碎便碎了吧。人生本来就是徒劳啊！一场游戏一场梦，很可能就是外星人控制下的楚门的世界。
又要加入那么多自己的理解，又要老老实实按照原著拍，这不是徒劳吗
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