What the Snow Brings

What the Snow Brings
雪に願うこと
Directed by Kichitaro Negishi
Screenplay by Masato Kato
Starring Yūsuke Iseya
Kōichi Satō
Kyōko Koizumi
Release dates
October 28, 2005 (Japan, festival)
May 20, 2006 (Japan, theatrical)
Running time
112 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

What the Snow Brings (雪に願うこと Yuki ni Negau Koto) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Kichitaro Negishi and based on a novel by Sho Narumi.[1]

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 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

Release

What the Snow Brings played at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2005[2] and was released theatrically in Japan on May 20, 2006.[1] In September 2007, it had a showing at the 2007 Raindance Film Festival.[3]

Awards

18th Tokyo International Film Festival[2]

28th Yokohama Film Festival[4]

31st Hochi Film Awards[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "雪に願うこと" (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2011-12-04. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. 1 2 "18th Tokyo International Film Festival". Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  3. "What the Snow Brings". Raindance. Retrieved 2011-11-23. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. "第28回ヨコハマ映画祭 2006年日本映画個人賞" (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  5. "報知映画賞ヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
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