Pale Flower (1964)

Original title

乾いた花

Directed by

Masahiro Shinoda

Genre

drama film, film noir, crime film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

12

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 120 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A yakuza hitman gets out of prison and becomes obsessed with a reckless woman who takes bigger and bigger risks at gambling dens. Their relationship pulls them both into a spiral of danger and mutual destruction.

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What happens

Pale Flower (Japanese: 乾いた花, Hepburn: Kawaita hana) is a 1964 Japanese film noir directed by Masahiro Shinoda. The film is about Muraki (Ryō Ikebe), 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). Though Saeko loses large sums of money, she asks Muraki to find games with larger and larger stakes. The two become involved in an intense mutually destructive relationship. Film critic Roger Ebert gave Pale Flower four stars and placed it on his list of Great Movies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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