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Yuki ni negau koto (What the Snow Brings)
113 minutes | Family | 2005 | 
Japan
When you’ve lost everything, is there a place you can go back to?
SynopsisManabu Yazaki, who had big dreams of success in Tokyo, loses his high-class lifestyle as well as his family and returns home to the Hokkaido heartland in midwinter. There his elder brother Takeo manages a stable for “Banei horserace”, a sleigh-pulling race unique to Hokkaido. Their long overdue reunion exposes the gap between them even more. Takeo does not let his brother met their aging mother who is living in a nursing home.
However, while he watches Manabu interact with the sometimes quirky stable workers and the horses as they face the challenges of racing day in and day out, Takeo decides to have his brother met their mother. Gradually the two men develop an understanding between them.
In the end, Manabu puts his all into taking care of the horse that was supposed to be killed for not taking home the prize money in its rode to recovery. For Manabu, this becomes his chance to “reset” his own life and a hope for his new start.
Director's StatementMasterfully directed, Director Kichitaro Negishi captures the idyllic and relaxed setting of Hokkaido while subtly building emotional momentum centering around hope, acceptance, forgiveness, and redemption.
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Directed by
Kichitaro Negishi -
Written by
Masato Kato
Sho Narumi -
Produced by
Masako Tanabe
Naoki Kai
Masaaki Wakasugi - Yuki ni negau koto (What the Snow Brings) Website
Written by: Masato Kato
Sho Narumi
Produced by: Masako Tanabe
Naoki Kai
Masaaki Wakasugi
Cast
Manabu Yazaki: Yûsuke IseyaTakeo Yazaki: Kôichi Satô
Haruko Tanaka: Kyôko Koizumi
Makie Shudo: Kazue Fukiishi
Yuhara: Tetsuya Deguchi
Tamotsu Fujimaki: Denden
Ogasawara: Teruyuki Kagawa
Shizuko Yazaki: Mitsuko Kusabue
Tominaga: Ryuta Okamoto
Kurokawa: Kippei Shiina
Ozeki: Masahiko Tsugawa
Tetsuo Kato: Hiroshi Yamamoto
Tanba: Tsutomu Yamazaki
Crew
Editor: Akimasa KawashimaCinematographer: Hiroshi Machida
Music: Goro Ito
Art Director: Fumio Ogawa
Sound: Osamu Onodera
Gaffer: Taro Kimura
San Diego Asian Film Festival -- Official Selection (Nominated)
Bangkok International Film Festival
Raindance Film Festival -- Official Selection (Nominated)
Tokyo International Film Festival -- Best Actor (Won)
Tokyo International Film Festival -- Audience Award (Won)
"What the Snow Brings" was the big winner at the 2005 Tokyo Festival, taking home the Grand Prix, as well as the Director, Actor and Audience Awards.
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Director
Kichitaro Negishi
