What the Snow Brings (2005)

Manabu Yazaki (Yusuke Iseya) lost his business and wife in Tokyo after the dot com crash. He returns to his hometown in Hokkaido during the middle of winter. Manabu Yazaki then takes the advice from a man and bets everything he has on a horse named Unryu. The horse loses. With nowhere else to go Manabu Yazaki turns to his older brother Takeo (Koichi Sato) who runs a horse stable and trains Unryu.Takeo, sensing his brother's troubles, reluctantly allows his younger brother to stay, but only if he he takes up a job at the stable.