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.

• Shochiku
• Ken Takakura
• Chieko Baisho
• Tetsuya Takeda
• Kaori Momoi
• Kiyoshi Atsumi
• Hisao Dazai
• Mari Okamoto
• Hachiro Tako