is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Kichitaro Negishi and based on a novel by Shō Narumi.
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 ban'ei 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 ban'ei, and who may be heading for the slaughterhouse.
Cast Yūsuke Iseya as Manabu Yazaki Kōichi Satō as Takeo Yazaki Kyōko Koizumi as Haruko Tanaka Kazue Fukiishi as Makie Shudo Teruyuki Kagawa as Ogasawara Kippei Shiina () as Kurokawa Yukiyoshi Ozawa () as Sutō Masahiko Tsugawa as Ozeki Denden () as Tamotsu Fujimaki Hiroshi Yamamoto () as Tetsuo Kato
Release What the Snow Brings played at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2005 and was released theatrically in Japan on May 20, 2006. In September 2007, it had a showing at the 2007 Raindance Film Festival.
Awards 18th Tokyo International Film Festival Won: Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix Won: Audience Award Won: Best Director – Kichitaro Negishi Won: Best Actor: – Kōichi Satō
28th Yokohama Film Festival Won: Best Supporting Actress – Kazue Fukiishi
31st Hochi Film Awards Won: Best Director – Kichitaro Negishi
2006 JRA Award
Won: JRA Equine Cultural Award - Be WILD
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