Snow Falling on Cedars

First loves last forever.

In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea. For Ishmael, a local reporter, the trial strikes a deep emotional chord when he finds his ex-lover is linked to the case. As he investigates the killing, he uncovers some startling clues that lead him to a shocking discovery.

Ethan Hawke

(Ishmael Chambers)

Youki Kudoh

(Hatsue Miyamoto)

Reeve Carney

(Young Ishmael Chambers)

Anne Suzuki

(Young Hatsue Imada)

Rick Yune

(Kazuo Miyamoto)

Max von Sydow

(Nels Gudmundsson)

James Rebhorn

(Alvin Hooks)

James Cromwell

(Judge Fielding)

Richard Jenkins

(Sheriff Art Moran)

Arija Bareikis

(Susan Marie Heine)

Eric Thal

(Carl Heine Jr.)

Celia Weston

(Etta Heine)

Daniel von Bargen

(Carl Heine Sr.)

Akira Takayama

(Hisao Imada)

Ako

(Fujiko Imada)

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

(Zenhichi Miyamoto)

Zak Orth

(Deputy Abel Martinson)

Max Wright

(Horace Whaley)

Sam Shepard

(Arthur Chambers)

Caroline Kava

(Helen Chambers)

Jan Rubeš

(Ole Jurgensen)

Sheila Moore

(Liesel Jurgensen)

Zeljko Ivanek

(Dr. Whitman)

Seiji Inouye

(Young Kazuo Miyamoto)

Saemi Nakamura

(Sumiko Imada)

Mika Fujii

(Yukiko Imada)

Dwight McFee

(Bus Driver)

Bill Harper

(Levant)

Henry O

(Nagaishi)

Myles Ferguson

(German Soldier)

Noah Heney

(Ship's Doctor)

John Destry

(Bailiff)

A. Arthur Takemoto

(Buddhist Priest)

Ken Takemoto

(Monk)

Larry Musser

(Gas Station Attendant)

Jamie Kang

(Singing Girl)

Lili Marshall

(Strawberry Girl)

Lisa Mena

(Strawberry Woman)

Jethro Heysen-Hicks

(Parade Boy with Stick)

Tom Heaton

(Juror)

Frank C. Turner

(Juror)

Marilyn Norry

(Juror)

Peter Crook

(Fisherman)

Ron Snyder

(Fisherman)

Mark Farrell

(Fisherman)

Jay Brazeau

(Reporter)

Tom Scholte

(Reporter)

Timothy Burd

(Reporter)

Gareth Williams

(FBI Agent)

Anthony Harrison

(FBI Agent)

Adam Pospíšil

(Heine Child)

John Brynelsen

(Heine Child)

Sean Akira

(Man in the Courtroom (uncredited))

Bart Anderson

(Principal (uncredited))

Barry Brandt

(Marine (uncredited))

Robert J. Burke Jr.

(Tarawa Marine (uncredited))

Don "Tex" Clark

(Staff Sergeant (uncredited))