Pale Flower
乾いた花 (original)
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.
Starring Ryō Ikebe, Mariko Kaga, Takashi Fujiki, Chisako Hara, Koji Nakahara, Eijirō Tōno, Shinichirô Mikami, Seiji Miyaguchi, Isao Sasaki, Naoki Sugiura
Watch "Pale Flower" from streaming services Criterion Channel, Kanopy released in 1964. It's a crime and drama movie, and has a rating of 7.7 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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