Snow Falling on Cedars

Snow Falling on Cedars

127 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 22, 1999

In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea — and race is a factor in the trial. So is reporter, Ishmael.

Snow Falling on Cedars

127 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 22, 1999

Snow Falling on Cedars
In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea — and race is a factor in the trial. So is reporter, Ishmael.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Universal Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Original title Snow Falling on Cedars
Directors Scott Hicks
Writers David Guterson, Scott Hicks, Ronald Bass

Cast

Ethan Hawke

as Ishmael Chambers

Youki Kudoh

as Hatsue Miyamoto

Reeve Carney

as Young Ishmael Chambers

Anne Suzuki

as Young Hatsue Imada

Rick Yune

as Kazuo Miyamoto

Max von Sydow

as Nels Gudmundsson

James Rebhorn

as Alvin Hooks

James Cromwell

as Judge Fielding

Richard Jenkins

as Sheriff Art Moran

Arija Bareikis

as Susan Marie Heine

Eric Thal

as Carl Heine Jr.

Celia Weston

as Etta Heine

Daniel von Bargen

as Carl Heine Sr.

Akira Takayama

as Hisao Imada

Ako

as Fujiko Imada

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

as Zenhichi Miyamoto

Zak Orth

as Deputy Abel Martinson

Max Wright

as Horace Whaley

Sam Shepard

as Arthur Chambers

Caroline Kava

as Helen Chambers

Jan Rubeš

as Ole Jurgensen

Sheila Moore

as Liesel Jurgensen

Zeljko Ivanek

as Dr. Whitman

Seiji Inouye

as Young Kazuo Miyamoto

Saemi Nakamura

as Sumiko Imada

Mika Fujii

as Yukiko Imada

Dwight McFee

as Bus Driver

Bill Harper

as Levant

Henry O

as Nagaishi

Myles Ferguson

as German Soldier

Noah Heney

as Ship's Doctor

John Destry

as Bailiff

A. Arthur Takemoto

as Buddhist Priest

Ken Takemoto

as Monk

Larry Musser

as Gas Station Attendant

Jamie Kang

as Singing Girl

Lili Marshall

as Strawberry Girl

Lisa Mena

as Strawberry Woman

Jethro Heysen-Hicks

as Parade Boy with Stick

Tom Heaton

as Juror

Frank C. Turner

as Juror

Marilyn Norry

as Juror

Peter Crook

as Fisherman

Ron Snyder

as Fisherman

Mark Farrell

as Fisherman

Jay Brazeau

as Reporter

Tom Scholte

as Reporter

Tim Burd

as Reporter

Gareth Williams

as FBI Agent

Anthony Harrison

as FBI Agent

Adam Pospíšil

as Heine Child

John Brynelsen

as Heine Child

Sean Akira

as Man in the Courtroom (uncredited)

Bart Anderson

as Principal (uncredited)

Barry Brandt

as Marine (uncredited)

Robert J. Burke Jr.

as Tarawa Marine (uncredited)

Don 'Tex' Clark

as Staff Sergeant (uncredited)