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]

Yellow Crow
Directed by	Heinosuke Gosho
Written by	Keiji Hasebe Kennosuke Tateoka Shigeko Yuki (dialogue)
Produced by	Jirō Kaga Yoshishige Uchiyama
Starring	Chikage Awashima Yūnosuke Itō Kōji Shitara Yoshiko Kuga Kinuyo Tanaka
Cinematography	Yoshio Miyajima
Edited by	Makoto Nagata
Music by	Yasushi Akutagawa
Production company	Kabuki-za
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	27 February 1957 (1957-02-27) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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]