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Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) Movie vs Book
Film · 1999 · Directed by Scott Hicks · Starring Ethan Hawke, Youki Kudoh, Max von Sydow
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) Movie: Cast and Details
A Japanese American fisherman is on trial for murder on an island in 1954.
Book vs Movie: How Close Is It?
Close to the bookIt keeps the story and structure, but compresses a long novel.
Read or watch first?
Read the book for the detail. The film is a visual version.
What the book gives you
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
A well-known novel that won the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1995.
Who will like it: Readers who like slow, literary mysteries.