EMERALD COWBOY
aka ESMERALDERO

Year: 2002
USA: Indican Pictures
Cast: Eishy Hayata, Eva Hayata
Director: Andrew Molina
Country: Colombia
Language: English / Spanish / Japanese (English subtitles)
USA: 120 mins
USA Rated: R for language and violence
USA Release Date: 19 September 2003 (Limited Release - New York)

Synopsis

In the early 1970's, enchanted by the spell of the emerald, a Japanese man Eishy Hayata finds his way to the exotic and dangerous land of Colombia. With a dream and talent for the stone, he embarks on a journey of struggle and discovery.

Twenty-five years later he is an Emerald Czar. The extraordinary life and death of modern day cowboys is seen through his eyes.

EMERALD COWBOY - ESMERALDERO is a moving true story that will take you into a world never witnessed before.