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Pale Flower (乾いた花, Kawaita hana) is a 1964 Japanese film noir directed by Masahiro Shinoda. The film is about Muraki a Yakuza hitman just released from prison. At an illegal gambling parlor, he finds himself drawn to a mysterious young woman named Saeko (Mariko Kaga).
Pale Flower: Directed by Masahiro Shinoda. With Ryô Ikebe, Mariko Kaga, Takashi Fujiki, Naoki Sugiura. A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.
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- Action, Crime
- Masahiro Shinoda
- 1964-03-01
May 16, 2011 · At the center of "Pale Flower" stands a very quiet man, closed within himself, a professional killer. He works for a gang in the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, and as the film begins he has returned to Tokyo after serving a prison sentence for murder.
Mar 15, 2011 · In this cool, seductive jewel of the Japanese New Wave, a yakuza, fresh out of prison, becomes entangled with a beautiful and enigmatic gambling addict; what at first seems a redemptive ...
- 4 min
- 74.9K
- criterioncollection
May 17, 2011 · Bewitchingly shot and edited, and laced with a fever-dream-like score by Toru Takemitsu, this gangster romance was a breakthrough for the idiosyncratic Masahiro Shinoda. The pitch-black Pale Flower (Kawaita hana) is an unforgettable excursion into the underworld.
- Muraki
Jul 24, 2019 · In many ways, Pale Flower (‘Kawaita hana’, 1964) was Shinoda’s first masterpiece, a film that chronicled the existential dread of a middle-aged yakuza. Although Pale Flower was a thin character study with magnificent and dynamic visual style, it ran into trouble with censors and studio executives.
Advertise With Us. Japanese gangster Muraki (Ryô Ikebe) is released from jail after a few years and finds both organized crime and the real world have moved on without him. Taking up with his old...
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- Crime, Drama
