The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)

Comedy
Drama

The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning to his ex-wife and his former life. If she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.

Cast

Yusaku Shima
Ken Takakura
Mitsue Shima
Chieko Baisho
Checkpoint Policeman
Kazuhiko Kasai
Akemi's Colleague
M Midori Kawai
Waitress
Yoshino Tani
Policeman
Sakae Umezu
Section Manager
K Kôei Yamamoto
Chinpira
Makoto Akatsuka
Chieko Misaki
S Saburo Satoki
Y Yasujirô Ono
Sabu Kawahara
Akemi Ogawa
Kaori Momoi
Kinya Hanada
Tetsuya Takeda
Yakuza
Hachiro Tako
Ryokan Manager
Hisao Dazai
Ramen Shop Girl
Mari Okamoto
Watanabe Kacho
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Policeman
A Akihiko Hanyû
Policeman
H Hidetoshi Hasegawa

Crew

Director
Yoji Yamada
Editor
I Iwao Ishii
Art Direction
M Mitsuo Degawa
Director of Photography
T Tetsuo Takaha
Original Music Composer
Masaru Satō
Producer
T Toru Najima
Screenplay
Yoji Yamada
Screenplay
Y Yoshitaka Asama
Set Decoration
T Takeshi Machida
Assistant Director
K Keiji Igarashi
Production Supervisor
H Hisamune Tamau
Executive In Charge Of Production
J Junichi Mine
Set Designer
K Katsuo Kojima
Sound Mixer
R Ryuji Matsumoto
Sound
H Hiroshi Nakamura
Gaffer
Y Yoshifumi Aoki
Still Photographer
S Sôhei Hasegawa
Short Story
Pete Hamill