Spring Snow

is a 2005 film adaptation of Yukio Mishima's novel of the same name, directed by Isao Yukisada. The cast includes Satoshi Tsumabuki as Kiyoaki Matsugae, Yūko Takeuchi as Satoko Ayakura, and Sosuke Takaoka as Shigekuni Honda. The film was nominated for nine Japanese Academy Awards. "Be My Last", the main theme song for this film, was performed by Hikaru Utada. This was her 14th Japanese-language single release. Plot Spring Snow starts in 1912, as Emperor Taishō begins his reign and Japan's upper classes (kazoku) are mimicking the tastes and manners of Europe's aristocrats. Among them are two children, Kiyoaki Matsugae (Satoshi Tsumabuki) who is the only son of the Marquess Matsugae and Satoko Ayakura (Yūko Takeuchi) who is the only daughter of the Earl Ayakura.