Cinema Cellar

Pale Flower Blu-Ray

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Collection: Criterion Collection
Format: Blu-ray
Year: 1964
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Genre: Crime
Cast: Ryo Ikebe, Mariko Kaga, Takashi Fujiki, Naoki Sugiura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Eijiro Tono, Chisako Hara, Shinichiro Mikami, Koji Nakahara, Isao Sasaki
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Language: Japanese
Release Date: 2011-05-17
Description
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. 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.