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The Yellow Handkerchief is a film of genre Drama directed by Yōji Yamada released in USA on 28 april 1978 with Ken Takakura
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
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Add to a movie listThe 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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Trois inconnus se lancent dans un road-trip à Hokkaido.Actors
Ken Takakura
(Yusaku Shima)
Chieko Baishō
(Mitsue Shima)
Tetsuya Takeda
(Kinya Hanada)
Kaori Momoi
(Akemi Ogawa)
Kiyoshi Atsumi
(Watanabe Kachō)
Mari Okamoto
(Ramen Shop Girl)
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, 1h48Directed by Yōji Yamada
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