Poster for the movie Man Walking on Snow

Man Walking on Snow

2001 • 103 minutes
Drama

Mashike, a city on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Nobuo Honma is a 63-year-old sake producer. He has lived with Yasuo since his wife died two years ago. Yasuo is his youngest son to whom he has entrusted his trade. Every day Nobuo goes for a walk which leads him to a fish-breeding center, located in the mountains. He fills his loneliness by attentively observing the development of thousands of little fish poured into the pool. The second anniversary of his wife's death approaches. Nobuo insists on the presence of Ryoichi, his elder son whom he hasn't seen for a long time. Nobuo and his two sons, along with their partners, gather for the commemoration. Unspoken feelings resurface and clash with each other.

Picture of Ken Ogata

Ken Ogata

Nobuo Honma

Picture of Yasufumi Hayashi

Yasufumi Hayashi

Yasuo

Picture of Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Ryoichi

Picture of Nene Otsuka

Nene Otsuka

Nobuko Shimizu

Picture of Fusako Urabe

Fusako Urabe

Keiko Noguchi

Picture of Sayoko Ishii

Sayoko Ishii

Michiko (salmon girl)