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First a novel by David Gutterson, then a film directed by Scott Hicks, '''''Snow Falling on Cedars''''' tells the story of the trial of Kabuo Miyamoto, a Japanese-American, accused of murdering a white man, Carl Heine. The backstory dives into the entire community on a small, close-knit island. As the trial goes on, flasbacks establish the past relationship between the disillusioned journalist covering the case, and Kabuo's wife, the beautiful Hatsue, from childhood. 


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* [[Biggus Dickus]]: Carl Heine has a large penis. This is repeatedly emphasised, to the point when the coroner observing his dead body gets penis envy.
* [[Caught in the Rain]]: has Hatsue and Ishmael, as teenagers, taking shelter from the rain in a fallen tree.
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4EW7ln3tkk The music for Tarawa]
* [[Flash Back]]: make up more than half the story.
* [[Determined Homesteader]]: Hatsue and her husband, Kabuo, in ''[[Snow Falling on Cedars]].''
* [[The Fifties]]: Set in 1951.
* [[Me Love You Long Time]]: Arguably averted, as while the Japanese girl is very much in love with the Western guy, circumstances force her to marry a fellow Japanese.
** In the book, the relationship between Ishmael and Hatsue wasn't quite that simple, and she truly loves her husband.
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: Oh, Ishmael.
* [[Shower of Love]]: Carl's widow, during Kabuo's trial, privately and despairingly flashes back to this as one of the last memories she shared with her dead husband. [[Biggus Dickus|I'd be sad too, given the earlier trope mentioned...]]

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