Red Handkerchief
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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 for answers to his troubled past, knowing that his inevitable doomed fate is more or less sealed.
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Cast
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Yūjirō Ishihara
Known for
Crazed Fruit
Ruriko Asaoka
Known for
Goyokin
Toshio Masuda
Also in
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Masanori Tsujii
Hideaki Nitani
Known for
Tokyo Drifter
Ei Ogawa
Harumi Ibe
Tamio Kawachi
Known for
Tokyo Drifter
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Iwao Yamazaki
Yoshio Mamiya
Reiko Sasamori
Also in
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
A Killer Without a Grave
Kazuhiko Chiba
Toshio Masuda Director · Gan Yamazaki Writer Ei Ogawa Writer
First release January 3, 1964 · Produced in Japan · Original title 赤いハンカチ
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production
Japan
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Original title
赤いハンカチ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 3, 1964
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
January 23, 2012 · Premiere · Eiga-Sai Film Festival
Greece
September 17, 2011 · Greek Film Archive
Romania
June 29, 2011 · Gala Filmului Japonez
Russia
July 28, 2011 · Limited theatrical · Japanese Film Festival (Moscow)
Singapore
July 7, 2012 · Japanese Film Festival Singapore
Slovakia
January 14, 2012 · Japonský Filmový Festival
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