The Yellow Handkerchief

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

Open trailer on YouTube

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

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Akihiko Hanyû

Policeman

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Hidetoshi Hasegawa

Policeman

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Midori Kawai

Akemi's Colleague

Yoshino Tani

Waitress

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Kôei Yamamoto

Section Manager

Makoto Akatsuka

Chinpira

Chieko Misaki

Sabu Kawahara

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Saburo Satoki

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Yasujirô Ono

Crew

Art

• Mitsuo Degawa Art Direction
• Takeshi Machida Set Decoration
• Katsuo Kojima Set Designer

Camera

• Tetsuo Takaha Director of Photography
• Sôhei Hasegawa Still Photographer

Directing

• Yoji Yamada Director
• Keiji Igarashi Assistant Director

Editing

• Iwao Ishii Editor

Lighting

• Yoshifumi Aoki Gaffer

Production

• Toru Najima Producer
• Hisamune Tamau Production Supervisor
• Junichi Mine Executive In Charge Of Production

Sound

• Masaru Satō Original Music Composer
• Ryuji Matsumoto Sound Mixer
• Hiroshi Nakamura Sound Recordist

Writing

• Yoshitaka Asama Screenplay
• Yoji Yamada Screenplay
• Pete Hamill Short Story