Yoji Yamada's "The Yellow Handkerchief", winner of the very first Japan Academy Award in 1978, has been re-made into a Hollywood movie, and the Los Angeles premiere was just held.
I am waiting for the further info, and will follow up as soon as I get it.
Here is a summary of the movie, from its PR sheet:
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Brett Hanson (William Hurt) is an ex-convict, just released from prison after serving six years for manslaughter and now adrift in a world of new freedoms and responsibilities. Finding initial difficulties in reconciling himself to a troubled past, Brett crosses paths with lonely and troubled teenager Martine (Kristen Stewart) and her new ‘ride,’ Gordy (Eddie Redmayne). The trio head out in the same car and direction – Martine to cut loose and get away from her family, Gordy to get closer to Martine, and Brett who must decide whether he wants to return to his troubled past and an uncertainty with May (Maria Bello) the woman that he left behind. Once on the road, the trio finds their relationships forging and changing in myriad ways, but it is Brett’s story and his need to reconcile his past to his future that drives the two young people to reassess their own passages as well.
“The Yellow Handkerchief” stars William Hurt, Maria Bello, Kristen Stewart and Eddie Redmayne and is Produced by Arthur Cohn.
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Michi Kaifu
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