Summary

When a fisherman is found drowned, suspicion falls on Japanese-American Kazou Miyamoto (Rick Yune). Local reporter Ishmael Chambers (Ethan Hawke) may hold the key to proving Miyamoto's innocence, but there's a problem: Chambers is also in love with Miyamoto's wife (Youki Kudoh). The smoldering tensions of World War II ignite into open racial conflict in director Scott Hicks's powerful period drama set in the Pacific Northwest.