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Director
  
Kichitaro Negishi

Genres
  
Drama, Japanese Movies

Country
  
Japan

7/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Language
  
Japanese

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Release date
  
October 28, 2005 (Japan, festival) May 20, 2006 (Japan, theatrical)

Writer
  
Sho Narumi (novel), Masato Kato (screenplay)

Cast
  
Kazue Fukiishi
(Makie Shudo),
Kyôko Koizumi
(Haruko Tanaka),
Koichi Sato
(Takeo Yazaki),
Yûsuke Iseya
(Manabu Yazaki)

Similar movies
  
Dramas, Other similar movies

After losing his livelihood, a man (Yusuke Iseya) returns home to reunite with his older brother (Koichi Sato).

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What the Snow Brings (, Yuki ni Negau Koto) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Kichitaro Negishi and based on a novel by Sho Narumi.

Following a tip, Manabu Yazaki loses his last money betting on the older "banba" horse "Unryu" (jockied by Makie, a legendary jockey's daughter) in a draft-horse race held in his childhood home of Obihiro on the island of Hokkaido.

Synopsis

Manabu Yazaki had left his familys home in Hokkaido years before to go to Tokyo to earn a degree, start a company and get married. Now, divorced and pursued by creditors, he returns to his home and the family he has ignored for so many years. He loses the last of his money on a banmei horse race, a local sport where huge draft horses compete while pulling sleighs. Now broke, Manabu finds a job at the stable run by his brother Takeo. There he meets two women, Haruko, who helps Takeo run the stable, and Makie, the jockey who seems to have lost her touch. He also finds Unryu at the stable, the horse that cost him his money at the banmei, and who may be heading for the slaughterhouse.

Cast

  • Yusuke Iseya as Manabu Yazaki
  • Koichi Sato as Takeo Yazaki
  • Kyoko Koizumi as Haruko Tanaka
  • Kazue Fukiishi as Makie Shudo
  • Teruyuki Kagawa as Ogasawara
  • Kippei Shiina () as Kurokawa
  • Yukiyoshi Ozawa () as Suto
  • Masahiko Tsugawa as Ozeki
  • Denden () as Tamotsu Fujimaki
  • Hiroshi Yamamoto () as Tetsuo Kato

    • Release

    What the Snow Brings played at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2005 and was released theatrically in Japan on May 20, 2006. In September 2007, it had a showing at the 2007 Raindance Film Festival.

    Awards

    18th Tokyo International Film Festival

  • Won: Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix
  • Won: Audience Award
  • Won: Best Director - Kichitaro Negishi
  • Won: Best Actor: - Koichi Sato

    • 28th Yokohama Film Festival

  • Won: Best Supporting Actress - Kazue Fukiishi

    • 31st Hochi Film Awards

  • Won: Best Director - Kichitaro Negishi

    • References

    What the Snow Brings Wikipedia
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    What the Snow Brings IMDb What the Snow Brings themoviedb.org