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The Yellow Handkerchief (1977 film)

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Director
  
Yoji Yamada

Story by
  
Pete Hamill

Duration
  

Language
  
Japanese

7.6/10
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Genre
  
Comedy, Drama

Music director
  
Masaru Satoh

Country
  
Japan

The Yellow Handkerchief (1977 film) movie poster

Release date
  
October 1, 1977 (1977-10-01)

Writer
  
Yoji Yamada (screenplay), Yoshitaka Asama (screenplay), Pete Hamill (short story)

Cast
  
Ken Takakura
(Yusaku Shima),
Chieko Baishô
(Mitsue Shima),
Kaori Momoi
(Akemi Ogawa),
Tetsuya Takeda
(Kinya Hanada),
Hachiro Tako
,
Hisao Dazai
(Ryokan Manager)

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The Yellow Handkerchief (幸福の黄色いハンカチ, Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi, lit. The Yellow Handkerchief of Happiness) is a 1977 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. It was the winner of the first Best Picture award at the Japan Academy Prize. The film was inspired by a column series written by American journalist Pete Hamill for the New York Post in 1971.

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Cast

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  • Ken Takakura: Yusaku Shima
  • Chieko Baisho: Mitsue Shima
  • Tetsuya Takeda: Kinya Hanada
  • Kaori Momoi: Akemi Ogawa
  • Hachirō Tako
  • Hisao Dazai: Ryokan Manager
  • Mari Okamoto: Ramen Shop Girl
  • Kiyoshi Atsumi: Watanabe Kachō

    • Adaptations

  • Yathra (1985)
  • The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)

    • References

    The Yellow Handkerchief (1977 film) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Yellow Handkerchief (1977 film) IMDb The Yellow Handkerchief (1977 film) themoviedb.org