剧情介绍：
擅拍社會邊緣人的近代日本名導相米慎二生前一直打算把小說【輓馬】搬上銀幕，可惜他在01年突然離世。導演根岸吉太郎去年完成相米的遺願，把故事改編成本片《向雪許願》，秉承相米的風格，細訴人的失落與重生。北海道長大的學曾夢想到東京闖一番事業，卻鬱鬱不得志，要回到鄉下和哥哥威夫一起打理馬場。性格迴異的兩兄弟，沒有重逢的興奮，只有數不盡的矛盾和暗湧，後來因為一匹面臨人道毀滅的馬，令他們重新體會生命的意義。去年東京電影節破天荒橫掃四項大獎，評審團委員長張藝謀大力推薦。
．2005東京電影節大獎、最佳導演、最佳男主角及觀眾投票獎
Manabu, who once had big dreams of success in Tokyo, loses out on a swanking urban lifestyle and returns home at Hokkaido in midwinter. There his older brother Takeo manages a stable for the horserace. Their long overdue reunion exposes the personality differences of the brothers and the complexities of their ties. When Manabu puts his all into taking care of a horse that was unable to win the prize money and is scheduled to be slaughtered, he finds the new start in his life.
．Grand Prix, Best Director, Best Actor and Audience Award, Tokyo Int'l Film Festival 2005
Source: HKAFF 2006
．2005東京電影節大獎、最佳導演、最佳男主角及觀眾投票獎
Manabu, who once had big dreams of success in Tokyo, loses out on a swanking urban lifestyle and returns home at Hokkaido in midwinter. There his older brother Takeo manages a stable for the horserace. Their long overdue reunion exposes the personality differences of the brothers and the complexities of their ties. When Manabu puts his all into taking care of a horse that was unable to win the prize money and is scheduled to be slaughtered, he finds the new start in his life.
．Grand Prix, Best Director, Best Actor and Audience Award, Tokyo Int'l Film Festival 2005
Source: HKAFF 2006