Snow Falling on Cedars1999
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
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Critic Consensus: Though Snow Falling on Cedars is beautiful to look at, critics say the story becomes dull and tedious to sit through.
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Cast
as Ishmael Chambers
as Judge Fielding
as Nels Gudmundsson
as Hatsue
as Kazuo Miyamoto
as Alvin Hooks
as Arthur Chambers
as Sheriff Art Moran
as Young Ishmael Chambers
as Ole Jurgensen
as Young Hatsue Imada
as Susan Marie Heine
as Carl Heine Jr.
as Etta Heine
as Carl Heine
as Hisao Imada
as Fujiko Imada
as Zenhichi Miyamoto
as Deputy Abel Martinson
as Horace Whaley
as Helen Chambers
as Ole Jurgensen
as Liesel Jurgensen
as Dr. Whitman
as Young Kazuo Miyamoto
as Sumiko Imada
as Yukiko Imada
as Bus Driver
as Levant
as Nagaishi
as German Soldier
as Ship's Doctor
as Bailiff
as Buddhist Priest
as Monk
as Gas Station Attendant
as Singing Girl
as Strawberry Girl
as Strawberry Woman
as Parade Boy with Stick
as Juror
as Juror
as Juror
as Fisherman
as Fisherman
as Fisherman
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as FBI Agent
as FBI Agent
as Heine Child
as Heine Child
Critic Reviews for Snow Falling on Cedars
All Critics (91) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (36) | Rotten (55) | DVD (5)
Snow Falling on Cedars makes its most powerful impression in totally silent stretches.
It's second to none in its ability to specify a world and immerse us in it.
Reveals itself with the complexity of a novel, holding its themes up to the light so that first one and then another aspect can be seen.
Snow Falling on Cedars is a motion picture of great thematic and visual richness.
Prettily photographed yet morbidly gloomy.
A visual and emotional feast.
Audience Reviews for Snow Falling on Cedars
Beautiful performances, cinematography, editing, and score. BUT I must say watching this film again with a total paranoid cynic who doesn't think films should get wrapped up in the awesomeness of their own beauty has harshed my mellow a bit. The montages and flashback/forward editing ARE slightly self-indulgent and they take time away from the most iconic (3 second) shot of the movie - that of the Japanese internment camp prisoners walking on the docks under a blissfully ignorant American flag. If you're gonna make a statement, damn well make it right!
Super Reviewer
This is the first movie I've ever seen that addressed the issue of the Japanese internment during WWII (aside from the fleeting reference in Midway) -- It shows how Childhood friendship pays off in adulthood -- I loved it!
Super Reviewer
When an american-japanese fisherman is accused of murdering an childhood friend in the shadow of WWII, Ethan Hawke finds himself trapped in a crisis of conscience when he comes across possible evidence of his innocence. This is a beautifully crafted, very literary period drama in which the courtroom scenes are intercut with flashbacks from the lives of the various protagonists to produce a rich tapestry of motives, prejudices and conflicts of interest that affect their actions. It's beautifully shot in gorgeous snow-laden countryside, with a sensitive and pivotal performance by Youki Kudoh, while Max Von Sydow dominates the courtroom scenes in his inimitable style. It reminded me a little of a chilly English Patient. Except it's good.
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Snow Falling on Cedars Quotes
| Nels Gudmundsson: | Accident rules every corner of the universe . . . except maybe the chambers of the human heart. |
| Nels Gudmundsson: | Accident rules every corner of the universe... except perhaps the chambers of the human heart. |