Snow Falling on Cedars

What begins as a quiet murder mystery slowly coats the town in something heavier than snow. A Japanese-American fisherman stands trial for killing his neighbor, forcing a former flame of a local reporter to resurface. The hushed proceedings turn out to be less about justice than a town deciding what it can bear to remember.

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Scott Hicks directed Snow Falling on Cedars in 1999. See Scott Hicks's full filmography, where to start with Scott Hicks, or where to go after you've seen everything by Scott Hicks.

Snow Falling on Cedars was released in 1999 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 127 minutes.