What the Snow Brings
What the Snow Brings is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Kichitaro Negishi and based on a novel by Shō Narumi.
Synopsis
Manabu Yazaki had left his family's home in Hokkaidō 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 ban'ei 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 ban'ei, and who may be heading for the slaughterhouse.Cast
- Yūsuke Iseya as Manabu Yazaki
- Kōichi Satō as Takeo Yazaki
- Kyōko Koizumi as Haruko Tanaka
- Kazue Fukiishi as Makie Shudo
- Teruyuki Kagawa as Ogasawara
- Kippei Shiina as Kurokawa
- Yukiyoshi Ozawa as Sutō
- 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 FestivalWon: Tokyo Sakura Grand PrixWon: Audience AwardWon: Best Director – Kichitaro NegishiWon: Best Actor: – Kōichi Satō28th Yokohama Film FestivalWon: Best Supporting Actress – Kazue Fukiishi
31st Hochi Film AwardsWon: Best Director – Kichitaro Negishi