4 Dec 2002
Director: Scott Hicks
USA
1999
127 min
In a post war American fishing community, anti-Japanese sentiment is still running high. A member of the Japanese community, Kazuo, is on trial for the murder of a local fisherman. His wife, Hatsue, sits in on the trial, watched by the local newspaperman, Ishmael.
Hatsue is the only woman Ishmael has ever loved and their tortured.
past may unlock Kazou’s fate. From the director of Shine (1997), here is a tale of a tragic love set against the backdrop of snow falling on cedars. With Ethan Hawke and Max von Sydow.