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The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
Directed by Yoji Yamada
“Three complete strangers embark on a road-trip to Hokkaido.”
Comedy, Drama · 1h 49m
A convict, newly released from prison for murder, joins two strangers on a road trip through Hokkaido to visit his ex-wife, whom he hasn't seen in four years, knowing that if she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
Cast
Ken Takakura
Yusaku Shima
Chieko Baisho
Mitsue Shima
Tetsuya Takeda
Kinya Hanada
Kaori Momoi
Akemi Ogawa
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Watanabe Kacho
Hisao Dazai
Ryokan Manager
Mari Okamoto
Ramen Shop Girl
Hachiro Tako
Yakuza
Kazuhiko Kasai
Checkpoint Policeman
Sakae Umezu
Policeman
A
Akihiko Hanyû
Policeman
H
Hidetoshi Hasegawa
Policeman
Crew
- Director
- Yoji Yamada
- Screenplay
- Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada
- Director of Photography
- Tetsuo Takaha
- Original Music Composer
- Masaru Satō
- Editor
- Iwao Ishii
- Producer
- Toru Najima
Details
- Original title
- 幸福の黄色いハンカチ
- Release date
- 1977-09-30
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Shochiku