What the Snow Brings (2005)

Director
Kichitaro Negishi

Main cast
Kazue Fukiishi; Kyôko Koizumi; Koichi Sato; Yûsuke Iseya

Genres


Description
Following a tip, Manabu Yazaki loses his last money betting on the older "banba" horse "Unryu" (jockied by Makie, a legendary jockey's daughter) in a draft-horse race held in his childhood home of Obihiro on the island of Hokkaido.


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