剧情介绍
1950年，美国某岛上的一位当地居民卡尔夜间出海捕鱼时身亡，警长认为此事疑点诸多，颇有排日倾向的法医将日裔居民宫本一雄牵入此案，法院随即对宫本展开审判，岛报记者伊斯梅尔（Ethan Hawke 饰）因个人关系对审理十分在意，原来宫本之妻金田初枝（工藤夕贵 饰）是伊斯梅尔青梅竹马的恋人，后来美日宣战，岛上的日裔居民开始遭受排斥，金田一家也受到了不公对待，被遣往集中营看押劳动，伊斯梅尔仗义执言反被同胞威胁，这段恋情不得不随之终结。伊斯梅尔查询事发当夜岛上的天气记录，得到了比尔是死于意外的重要证据，但这就意味着他与初枝的复合再无可能。随着审判的进行，越来越多的证据指向宫本，同时平息不久的战争让当地人对日裔怀着有色眼镜看待，伊斯梅尔反复考虑做出了最后的决定……
本片获2000年芝加哥电影评论协会奖最佳摄影奖等多项褒奖。 It's 1950 on San Pedro Island in the American Pacific Northwest. Commercial fisher Carl Heine Jr.'s dead body is pulled out of the water in a fishing net by his crew, he who died of head trauma. Kazuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. Carl and Kazuo were once friends, had known each other since childhood, but WWII has placed a strain on any sort of relationship between the ethic Japanese and Caucasian populations of the area, the Japanese population which was and is still substantial on the island. Carl had motive regarding a land dispute between the two families, land which Carl's mother eventually sold from under the Miyamotos and which Carl had just repurchased. Evidence also points to Kazuo being on the water with Carl probably sometime during his last voyage, evidence which Kazuo knew would put him in a bad light, adding on top of being Japanese, and thus decided not to disclose to the investigating sheriff at the time he was questioned. Kazuo and his wife Hatsue's fear come to realization in that there are racist overtones to the questioning by the prosecutor, Alvin Hooks, in playing to existing anti-Japanese sentiment. Among the many locals following the proceedings is Ishmael Chambers, the owner/editor of the local newspaper, he who took it over following the passing of his father, the previous owner Arthur Chambers. Arthur was one of the few Caucasians on the island who came to the defense of the local Japanese during their internment because of the war. Ishmael, a veteran who lost his left arm in battle, has more personal than professional interest in the case as he has been in love with Hatsue since they were in their youth. Hatsue broke off their clandestine romance to marry Kazuo, Ishmael not knowing out of pressure from her mother to marry within their own culture. It is his feelings for Hatsue that Ishmael has his own motives for wanting to find out the truth of what happened to Carl.
本片获2000年芝加哥电影评论协会奖最佳摄影奖等多项褒奖。 It's 1950 on San Pedro Island in the American Pacific Northwest. Commercial fisher Carl Heine Jr.'s dead body is pulled out of the water in a fishing net by his crew, he who died of head trauma. Kazuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. Carl and Kazuo were once friends, had known each other since childhood, but WWII has placed a strain on any sort of relationship between the ethic Japanese and Caucasian populations of the area, the Japanese population which was and is still substantial on the island. Carl had motive regarding a land dispute between the two families, land which Carl's mother eventually sold from under the Miyamotos and which Carl had just repurchased. Evidence also points to Kazuo being on the water with Carl probably sometime during his last voyage, evidence which Kazuo knew would put him in a bad light, adding on top of being Japanese, and thus decided not to disclose to the investigating sheriff at the time he was questioned. Kazuo and his wife Hatsue's fear come to realization in that there are racist overtones to the questioning by the prosecutor, Alvin Hooks, in playing to existing anti-Japanese sentiment. Among the many locals following the proceedings is Ishmael Chambers, the owner/editor of the local newspaper, he who took it over following the passing of his father, the previous owner Arthur Chambers. Arthur was one of the few Caucasians on the island who came to the defense of the local Japanese during their internment because of the war. Ishmael, a veteran who lost his left arm in battle, has more personal than professional interest in the case as he has been in love with Hatsue since they were in their youth. Hatsue broke off their clandestine romance to marry Kazuo, Ishmael not knowing out of pressure from her mother to marry within their own culture. It is his feelings for Hatsue that Ishmael has his own motives for wanting to find out the truth of what happened to Carl.
镜头语言太陈闷了，感觉是把一个完整的故事打碎了，美则美矣，叙事却散了
【49天观影计划】【48/49】丢掉某些情结，看看别人眼里的别人，请做个旁观者。
不是主流电影也不是文艺片就像冰水混合物一般夹在二者之间
美国的歧视排外比纳粹不逞多让，给美国当狗还是有好处的，虐待日裔的黑历史还偶有电影提一下。
摄影师又是理查德森，当年奥斯卡的最佳摄影和最佳声音设计都被它给拿了，但总感觉就是老没劲了。原著小说也不像是没劲的作品。可能一方面是因为，小说的精彩在于男主的决策受到情仇和正义感两者干扰，摇曳徘徊的心理；另一方面则是这种心理依赖大量闪回的片段来表现，而电影对此可视化的难度是很高的，高出了导演功底。所以并不是每部小说都适合拍电影
这个片子拍得很扎实，就是感觉没有惊喜，这个跨种族的爱情的主线太虐了，关于二战的铺垫又不足，也没有很好的拍出封闭的小岛的压抑感；最后不应该是陪审员被感动然后一致作出无罪判决吗，最后法官直接把案子扔了感觉力度是不是弱了，感觉应该拍成陪审团基于缺少有罪证据做出结论而不是突然抛出无罪证据；日裔美国人题材想到了《平凡岁月的魅力》
一开始只是为了看年轻的Ethan Hawke 后来发现整个故事 叙事结构都很精彩 小演员选得也很像 被告方律师真是人性之光诶
这个月决定书影同看的是这组“雪落香杉树”。同样是先看电影，书慢慢读。电影真的很美啊，一段爱情被迫分离，但有良心的两代人做了他们最勇敢的决定。我当然会警惕这还是一个白人男性解救亚裔女性的叙述，可里面还是有很多真挚的感情让我不愿那么“清醒”。
各种剪辑有点乱 EH帅的 拥抱那里的改编不如书里轻轻一吻那么自然
小说是几年前买的了，一直没有看完。印象不是很深刻，一度误以为这是本推理悬疑向的小说，前几天发现有电影，就打算看一下。凌晨三点看完了，电影是过去现在穿插进行的，临近结尾日裔起立向男主表达感激那里差一点哭出来了。每个角色都很立体，男主的情绪变化也很明显。熬夜没白熬。
好看。
拍的稀碎，多加一分给画面
女主演技好差。但私心而言很喜欢这部 画面摄影配乐镜头的转换 以及伊桑霍克太帅。
太遵循原著，导致影片很多地方时晦涩的，不看原著可能看不太懂
· “来自故国的一切都必须抛弃”，多向文化的纠缠当中深写一点又会如何。听这部片，开到大声音，闭上眼，我的眼睛可以在夜里漂浮。· 冬，战场圣诞节；两种美，静若雪松。