Pale Flower

Pale Flower

96 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Romance | March 1, 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.

Pale Flower

96 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Romance | March 1, 1964

Pale Flower
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd., Ninjin Club
Original title 乾いた花
Directors Nariyuki Yamane, Gô Yoshida, Ichirô Mizunuma, Masahiro Shinoda
Writers Masaru Baba, Shintarō Ishihara, Masahiro Shinoda

Cast

Ryō Ikebe

as Muraki

Mariko Kaga

as Saeko

Chisako Hara

as Shinko Furuta

Koji Nakahara

as Tamaki

Eijirō Tōno

as Yasuoka

Seiji Miyaguchi

as Funada

Isao Sasaki

as Jiro

Naoki Sugiura

as Aikawa

Mikizo Hirata

as Mizoguchi

Kyū Sazanka

as Imai

Sōhei Kurata

as Hayakawa

Muga Takewaki

as Singer

Hiroshi Mizushima

as Police Officer

Isao Tamagawa

as Police Officer

Tomoko Saitô

as Geisha

Keiko Kuni

as Waitress

Akio Tanaka

as Stout Customer