Snowflakes Falling on the Cedar Trees

In 1950, Carl, a local resident of an island in the United States, died while going fishing at night. The police chief believed that there were many doubts about the matter, and the forensic doctor with anti-Japanese tendencies implicated Japanese resident Kazuo Miyamoto in the case. The court immediately started a trial against Miyamoto. Island newspaper reporter Ismail (Ethan Hawke) was very concerned about the trial because of his personal relationship. It turned out that Miyamoto's wife Hatsue Kaneda (Yuki Kudo) ) was Ismail's childhood sweetheart. Later, when the United States and Japan declared war, the Japanese residents on the island began to be ostracized. The Kaneda family was also treated unfairly and was sent to a concentration camp for detention and labor. Ismail spoke up and was threatened by his compatriots, so the relationship had to end. Ismail checked the weather records on the island on the night of the incident and obtained important evidence that Bill died in an accident, but this meant that it was impossible for him to reunite with Hatsue. As the trial progresses, more and more evidence points to Miyamoto. At the same time, the war that has just ended has caused locals to view Japanese Americans with colored glasses. Ismail repeatedly considered it and made his final decision... The film won the 2000 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography and many other awards.