Akai hankachi

Name: Akai hankachi
Genre: Action, Crime
Released: 1964-01-03
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka, Hideaki Nitani, Nobuo Kaneko, Tamio Kawachi

IMDb ID: tt0352149 · Year: 1964 · Rating: 6.8 (139 votes)

Genres: Action · Crime

A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved married to his former partner. He searches ...

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesPoland: Czerwona chusteczka
France: Le mouchoir rouge
World-wide: Red Handkerchief (literal English title)
Greece: Κόκκινο μαντήλι
Japan: 赤いハンカチ (Japanese)
Czerwona chusteczkaRelease Date1964-01-03Runtime99 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews1Critic Reviews5Countries / RegionsJapanLanguagesJapaneseKeywordsyakuza
investigation
detective
yokohama japan
unrequited loveProduction CompaniesNikkatsuIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352149/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0352149.jpgUpdated At2026-07-31T20:42:45

Stars

Yūjirō Ishihara
Ruriko Asaoka
Hideaki Nitani
Nobuo Kaneko
Tamio Kawachi
Shinsuke Ashida

Directors

Toshio Masuda

Writers

Toshio Masuda
Ei Ogawa
Iwao Yamazaki

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Yūjirō Ishihara | Character: Actor
Actor: Ruriko Asaoka | Character: Actress
Actor: Hideaki Nitani | Character: Actor
Actor: Nobuo Kaneko | Character: Actor
Actor: Tamio Kawachi | Character: Actor
Actor: Shinsuke Ashida | Character: Actor

[Directors Group]
Name: Toshio Masuda | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Toshio Masuda | Role: Writer
Name: Ei Ogawa | Role: Writer
Name: Iwao Yamazaki | Role: Writer

[Music Group]
Name: Harumi Ibe | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Shigeyoshi Mine | Role: Cinematographer

[Production Design Group]
Name: Kazuhiko Chiba | Role: Production Designer

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352149/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Japan: January 3, 1964
Italy: April 2005 (Udine Far East Film Festival)
Romania: June 29, 2011 (Gala Filmului Japonez)
Greece: September 17, 2011 (Greek Film Archive)
Slovakia: January 14, 2012 (Japonský Filmový Festival)
Singapore: July 7, 2012 (Japanese Film Festival Singapore)
Japan: January 31, 2016 (Yujiro Ishihara Film Festival)

Awards

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Box Office

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