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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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Black Challenger (1964)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.