Movie

Snow Falling on Cedars

Released: December 22, 1999 (1999)

Runtime: 127 minutes

Genres: Drama, Romance

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Max von Sydow as Nels Gudmundsson
Age at release: 70
James Cromwell as Judge Fielding
Age at release: 59
Richard Jenkins as Sheriff Art Moran
Age at release: 52
James Rebhorn as Alvin Hooks
Age at release: 51
Arija Bareikis as Susan Marie Heine
Age at release: 33
Ethan Hawke as Ishmael Chambers
Age at release: 29
Youki Kudoh as Hatsue Miyamoto
Age at release: 28
Rick Yune as Kazuo Miyamoto
Age at release: 28
Reeve Carney as Young Ishmael Chambers
Age at release: 16
Anne Suzuki as Young Hatsue Imada
Age at release: 12

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Jan Rubeš as Ole Jurgensen
Age at release: 79
Henry O as Nagaishi
Age at release: 72
Sheila Moore as Liesel Jurgensen
Age at release: 61
Max Wright as Horace Whaley
Age at release: 56
Sam Shepard as Arthur Chambers
Age at release: 56
Caroline Kava as Helen Chambers
Age at release: 50
Daniel von Bargen as Carl Heine Sr.
Age at release: 49
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Zenhichi Miyamoto
Age at release: 49
Celia Weston as Etta Heine
Age at release: 48
Zeljko Ivanek as Dr. Whitman
Age at release: 42
Ако as Fujiko Imada
Age at release: 41
Eric Thal as Carl Heine Jr.
Age at release: 34
Saemi Nakamura as Sumiko Imada
Age at release: 34
Zak Orth as Deputy Abel Martinson
Age at release: 29
Myles Ferguson as German Soldier
Age at release: 18
Akira Takayama as Hisao Imada
Age at release: Unknown
Seiji Inouye as Young Kazuo Miyamoto
Age at release: Unknown
Mika Fujii as Yukiko Imada
Age at release: Unknown
Dwight McFee as Bus Driver
Age at release: Unknown
Bill Harper as Levant
Age at release: Unknown