A convict, newly released from prison for murder, joins two strangers on a road trip through Hokkaido to visit his ex-wife, whom he hasn't seen in four years, knowing that if she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
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| Editing | Iwao Ishii | Editor |
| Art | Mitsuo Degawa | Art Direction |
| Directing | Yoji Yamada | Director |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Tetsuo Takaha | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Yoji Yamada | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yoshitaka Asama | Screenplay |
| Production | Toru Najima | Producer |
| Art | Takeshi Machida | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Keiji Igarashi | Assistant Director |
| Production | Hisamune Tamau | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Junichi Mine | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Art | Katsuo Kojima | Set Designer |
| Sound | Ryuji Matsumoto | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Hiroshi Nakamura | Sound |
| Lighting | Yoshifumi Aoki | Gaffer |
| Camera | Sôhei Hasegawa | Still Photographer |
| Writing | Pete Hamill | Short Story |