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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.
Plot. Muraki, a hard-boiled Yakuza gangster, has been released from prison after serving a sentence for murdering Kijima, a rival gang member. At an illegal gambling parlor, he bets a large sum of money and loses to Saeko, a young upper-class woman who drives fast cars.
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.
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.
- (4.4K)
- Action, Crime
- Masahiro Shinoda
- 1964-03-01
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 Yakuza crew, he...
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- Ryô Ikebe
- Masahiro Shinoda
- Bungei Production Ninjin Club
Aug 27, 2022 · Pale Flower is a ‘seductive’ nihilistic masterpiece that explores the unescapable subjective problems created by the rhythmic capitalistic machinery. The compelling nature of Shinoda’s monumental film lies in the exquisite synergy he crafted between elegantly composed imagery, sounds, speech, and silences.
May 17, 2011 · Pale Flower. 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 relationship ends up leading him further down the criminal path.
