Observing the trial is Ishmael (Hawke) - a local journalist, whose childhood sweetheart Hatsue (Kudoh), is now Kazuo's girlfriend.Īnd if you think a courtroom drama/love story is enough to deal with, there is also an examination into the racism against the Japanese in America after the Second World War.Īs you can see, all this is just too much to cram into a single movie. It begins with a court case in wintry Washington State where a Japanese man, Kazuo (Yune), is accused of murdering a fellow fisherman. And unfortunately, while the movie is certainly beautiful to look at, the simple quantity of storylines make this film far too meandering. When the book is as multi-layered and multiple-plotted as the bestseller Snow Falling On Cedars, it's nigh on impossible. Director Hicks' follow-up to "Shine", "Snow Falling on Cedars", is a romantic drama set in the American Northwest, as well as a historical look at Japanese immigrants after the Second World War.Īdapting a novel for the screen is a tricky business.
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