The Yellow Handkerchief (1977 film)

The Yellow Handkerchief , 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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