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Snow Falling on Cedars|Ethan Hawke

Snow Falling on Cedars

Ethan Hawke and Youki Kudoh
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Overview

Based on David Guterson's best-selling novel, this is the story of a Japanese-American who must stand trial for the murder of a man with whom he's had a lifelong grudge. Ishmael Chambers (Ethan Hawke) is a reporter who has information that could potentially prove the defendant's innocence, but complications arise when he discovers that the man's wife (Youki Kudoh) was his first love. The two were forced to separate after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, but their reunion has Chambers confused about which choice he should make. Gorgeous photography highlights this romantic drama with a political edge.

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Main Cast & Crew:
Frank Marshall - Director
Scott Hicks - Director
Ethan Hawke
Youki Kudoh
Anne Suzuki
Rick Yune
Max von Sydow
James Rebhorn
James Cromwell
Richard Jenkins
Eric Thal
Akira Takayama

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (Widescreen)
  • Run Time: 128
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 025192055829
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: PG-13 (MPAA) (Disturbing Images, Sensuality and Brief Strong Language)
  • Release Date: May 2000

Movie Reviews

Synopsis:
From the director of SHINE comes this multi-layered drama of love, betrayal, and forgiveness, based on the novel by David Guterson. In a small Pacific Northwest town in the 1950s, a Japanese-American man (Yune) is tried for the murder of a man based on a long-standing grudge. Reporter Ishmael Chambers (Hawke) may be able to prevent injustice from happening, but he and the man's wife (Kudoh) are childhood sweethearts who split apart when the Japanese community of the town was sent to internment camps after Pearl Harbor. Ishmael must balance his sense of betrayal and lost opportunity with the desire to do the right thing. Director Hicks uses a series of overlapping flashbacks to tell his story in a complex, fable-like manner, joined by magnificent cinematography and music.

Reviews:
"SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS is an impeccably crafted [film]..." Variety, p.51


"...Gorgeous visuals, from perfectly-framed snowscapes to rainswept cedar forests..." - 06/01/2000 Total Film, p.88


"...Visual ambition..." -- 3 out of 5 stars - 07/01/2000 Premiere, p.99


"...[A] complex network of subplots....A commentary not just on race relations but also on human relations..." -- 4 1/2 out of 5 stars - 12/01/1999 Box Office, p.52


"...A handsomely shot, delicately felt film....SNOW is compelling..." - 12/22/1999 USA Today, p.6D

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