Yellow Crow

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

Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1958^[4]

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

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

External links

Yellow Crow at IMDb