Yellow Crow (Japanese: 黄色いからす, Hepburn: Kiiroi Karasu) is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.
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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
Koji 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
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.