Yellow Crow (1957)
Original title: 黄色いからす
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In this Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign-Language Film, director Heinosuke Gosho -- a master chronicler of Japanese middle-class life -- presents the story of Kiyoshi Yoshida (Koji Shitara), who feels estranged from both parents after his father returns from war. How the boy adapts to life with the virtual stranger his father has become is the film's focus. Chikage Awashima, Yûnosuke Itô and Yoshiko Kuga also star.
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Chikage AwashimaMachiko Yoshida
Yūnosuke ItōIchiro Yoshida
Kinuyo TanakaYukiko Matsumoto
Yoshiko KugaYasuko Ashihara
Kôji ShitaraKiyoshi Yoshida
Jun Tatara
Chōko Iida
Zeko Nakamura
Toshio TakaharaTon Shimada
Yōichi NumataKeywords
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What is Yellow Crow about?
In this Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign-Language Film, director Heinosuke Gosho -- a master chronicler of Japanese middle-class life -- presents the story of Kiyoshi Yoshida (Koji Shitara), who feels estranged from both parents after his father returns from war. How the boy adapts to life with the virtual stranger his father has become is the film's focus. Chikage Awashima, Yûnosuke Itô and Yoshiko Kuga also star.
How long is Yellow Crow?
Yellow Crow has a runtime of 104 minutes.