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What the Snow Brings is a film directed by Kichitarō Negishi with Yūsuke Iseya
What the Snow Brings (2005)
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Add to a movie listWhat the Snow Brings (雪に願うこと, Yuki ni Negau Koto) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Kichitaro Negishi and based on a novel by Sho Narumi.
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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 banmei 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 banmei, and who may be heading for the slaughterhouse.Actors
Yūsuke Iseya
(Manabu Yazaki)
Koichi Sato
(Takeo Yazaki)
Kyoko Koizumi
(Haruko Tanaka)
Kazue Fukiishi
(Makie Shudo)
Teruyuki Kagawa
(Ogasawara)
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