Pale Flower

Pale Flower

Kawaita hana
🎞️ Movie 96 min JP
โ˜… 7.7 /10 1964

Muraki, a hardboiled Yakuza gangster, has just been released from prison after serving a sentence for murder. Revisiting his old gambling haunts, he meets Saeko, a striking young upper-class woman who is out seeking thrills, and whose presence adds spice to the staid masculine underworld rituals. Muraki becomes her mentor while simultaneously coping with the shifts of power that have affected the gangs while he was interred. When he notices a rogue, drug-addicted young punk hanging around the gambling dens, he realizes that Saeko's insatiable lust for intense pleasures may be leading her to self-destruction.

Cast

Ryô Ikebe
Ryô Ikebe
Muraki
Mariko Kaga
Mariko Kaga
Saeko
Takashi Fujiki
Takashi Fujiki
Yoh
Naoki Sugiura
Naoki Sugiura
Aikawa
Shin'ichirô Mikami
Shin'ichirô Mikami
Reiji
๐Ÿ‘ค
Isao Sasaki
Jiro
๐Ÿ‘ค
Kôji Nakahara
Tamaki
Chisako Hara
Chisako Hara
Yakuza's Lover
Seiji Miyaguchi
Seiji Miyaguchi
Gang leader Funada
Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno
Gang Leader Yasuoka
๐Ÿ‘ค
Yûji Takahashi
Composer
Tôru Takemitsu
Tôru Takemitsu
Composer
๐Ÿ‘ค
Masao Kosugi
Cinematographer

๐ŸŽฌ Videos

Pale Flower (1964) | Official Trailer | The Criterion Collection
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Trailer
Pale Flower (1964) | Official Trailer | The Criterion Collection
Patton Oswalt on PALE FLOWER
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Featurette
Patton Oswalt on PALE FLOWER