Yellow Crow

1957 Japanese film

  • Keiji Hasebe
  • Kennosuke Tateoka
  • Shigeko Yuki (dialogue)
Produced by
  • Jirō Kaga
  • Yoshishige Uchiyama
Starring
  • Chikage Awashima
  • Yūnosuke Itō
  • Kōji Shitara
  • Yoshiko Kuga
  • Kinuyo Tanaka
CinematographyYoshio MiyajimaEdited byMakoto NagataMusic byYasushi Akutagawa
Production
company
Kabuki-za
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • 27 February 1957 (1957-02-27) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
103 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Yellow Crow (黄色いからす, Kiiroi Karasu) is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.[1][2][3]

Plot

Kiyoshi Yoshida is a 9 year old boy who loves to draw. Although he shows some talent, his teacher is worried because he draws only in black and yellow, which can mean according to color psychology that the child has no parents or is unhappy in his family.

Cast

  • Chikage Awashima as Machiko Yoshida
  • Kinuyo Tanaka as Yukiko Mataumoto
  • Kōji Shitara as Kiyoshi Yoshida
  • Yūnosuke Itō as Ichirō Yoshida
  • Yoshiko Kuga as Yasuko Achihara
  • Chōko Iida as grandmother
  • Yōichi Numata as Murakami

Awards

Legacy

Yellow Crow was screened at the Museum of Modern Art in 2022 as part of its "Beyond Ozu: Hidden Gems of Shochiku Studios" retrospective.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "黄色いからす". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "黄色いからす". Shochiku (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  3. ^ "黄色いからす" (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Kiiroi karasu (Yellow Crow)". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Kiiroi karasu (Yellow Crow/Behold Thy Son). 1957. Directed by Heinosuke Gosho". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 19 July 2023.

External links

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