What the Snow Brings

What the Snow Brings
What the Snow Brings
Kanji	雪ゆきに願ねがうこと
Directed by	Kichitaro Negishi
Screenplay by	Masato Kato
Starring	Yūsuke Iseya; Kōichi Satō; Kyōko Koizumi; Kazue Fukiishi; Teruyuki Kagawa; Mitsuko Kusabue; Tsutomu Yamazaki
Release dates	October 28, 2005 (Japan, festival); May 20, 2006 (Japan, theatrical);
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

What the Snow Brings (雪ゆきに願ねがうこと, Yuki ni Negau Koto) is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Kichitaro Negishi and based on a novel by Shō 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 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 (椎名しいな桔平きっぺい) as Kurokawa
Yukiyoshi Ozawa (小澤おざわ征ただし悦えつ) as Sutō
Masahiko Tsugawa as Ozeki
Denden (でんでん) as Tamotsu Fujimaki
Hiroshi Yamamoto (山本やまもと浩司こうじ) as Tetsuo Kato

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]

Won: Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix
Won: Audience Award
Won: Best Director – Kichitaro Negishi
Won: Best Actor: – Kōichi Satō

28th Yokohama Film Festival^[4]

Won: Best Supporting Actress – Kazue Fukiishi

31st Hochi Film Awards^[5]

Won: Best Director – Kichitaro Negishi

2006 JRA Award^[6]

Won: JRA Equine Cultural Award - Be WILD

References

^ ^a ^b "雪せつに願ねがうこと" (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "18th Tokyo International Film Festival". Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
^ "What the Snow Brings". Raindance. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
^ "第だい２８回かいヨコハマ映画えいが祭さい２００６年ねん日本にっぽん映画えいが個人こじん賞しょう" (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
^ "報知ほうち映画えいが賞しょうヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
^ "★２００６年度ねんどＪＲＡ賞しょう馬うま事ごと文化ぶんか賞しょうに映画えいが「雪ゆきに願ねがうこと」など２作品さくひん★｜競馬けいば実況じっきょうweb｜競馬けいば｜ラジオNIKKEI". ラジオNIKKEI (in Japanese). January 9, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2023.

External links

"What the Snow Brings at AllCinema" (in Japanese).
What the Snow Brings at IMDb

Reviews

"Review at The Japan Times".

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[allcin-1] "雪せつに願ねがうこと" (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved December 4, 2011.

[tiff-2] "18th Tokyo International Film Festival". Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved December 4, 2011.

[3] "What the Snow Brings". Raindance. Retrieved November 23, 2011.

[4] "第だい２８回かいヨコハマ映画えいが祭さい２００６年ねん日本にっぽん映画えいが個人こじん賞しょう" (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved December 4, 2011.

[5] "報知ほうち映画えいが賞しょうヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved December 4, 2011.

[6] "★２００６年度ねんどＪＲＡ賞しょう馬うま事ごと文化ぶんか賞しょうに映画えいが「雪ゆきに願ねがうこと」など２作品さくひん★｜競馬けいば実況じっきょうweb｜競馬けいば｜ラジオNIKKEI". ラジオNIKKEI (in Japanese). January 9, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2023.

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