The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
Directed by Yoji Yamada
A young man touring Hokkaido in his new car picks up a girl and a just-released ex-convict, and drives them across the island to the mining town where the man's wife may still be waiting.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Prison and station≈ 00:05:00Abashiri, Hokkaido, JapanStated on screen
Yusaku leaves prison and mails a postcard, while Kinya picks up Akemi in front of the station; on the coast they meet Yusaku.
- 2Inn≈ 00:22:00Akanko Onsen, Lake Akan, Hokkaido, JapanStated on screen
At a hot-spring inn Kinya's advances make Akemi cry and Yusaku steps in.
- 3Crab restaurant≈ 00:33:00Rikubetsu, Hokkaido, JapanStated on screen
They eat crab near the station, and Akemi's driving ends with the car in the hay bales.
- 4Parking lot≈ 00:45:00Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanStated on screen
Kinya picks a fight with a yakuza type and Yusaku saves him.
- 5Police station≈ 00:55:00Shintoku, Hokkaido, JapanStated on screen
- 6Yusaku's old house≈ 01:35:00Yūbari, Hokkaido, JapanStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 275 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 6
- Car: 275 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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