Scott Hicks Director, Screenwriter Ethan Hawke Ishmael Chambers Actor James Cromwell Judge Fielding Actor Richard Jenkins Sheriff Art Moran Actor James Rebhorn Alvin Hooks Actor Sam Shepard Arthur Chambers Actor Eric Thal Carl Heine Jr. Actor Max von Sydow Nels Gudmundsson Actor Yûki Kudô Hatsue Miyamoto Actor Rick Yune Kazuo Miyamoto Actor Jan Rubes Ole Jurgensen Actor Celia Weston Etta Heine Actor Max Wright Horace Whaley Actor Arija Bareikis Susan Marie Heine Actor Željko Ivanek Dr. Whitman Actor Caroline Kava Helen Chambers Actor Zak Orth Deputy Abel Martinson Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Zenhichi Miyamoto Actor Daniel von Bargen Carl Heine Actor Reeve Carney Young Ishmael Chambers Actor Anne Suzuki Young Hatsue Imada Actor David Guterson Writer, Co-Producer Ronald Bass Screenwriter, Producer Kathleen Kennedy Producer Frank Marshall Producer Harry J. Ufland Producer Richard Vane Co-Producer Robert Richardson Cinematographer Jeanne Oppewall Production Design Hank Corwin Film Editing James Newton Howard Original Music Renee Ehrlich Kalfus Costume Design