The Yellow Handkerchief | |
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Directed by | Yoji Yamada[1] |
Written by | Yoshitaka Asama [ja] & Yoji Yamada |
Starring | Ken Takakura |
Cinematography | Tetsuo Takaha |
Edited by | Iwao Ishii |
Music by | Masaru Sato |
Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
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.[2] The film was inspired by the American song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree," itself based on a column series written by journalist Pete Hamill for the New York Post in 1971.[3]